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		igetspam on Sept 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Women are nearly half of new gun buyers, study fin... It happens but even the six stores a month in American Rifleman aren't statistically significant, when compared to the number of "bad person kills less bad/good person" numbers or "accidental shooting death" numbers. > in 2020, there have been unintentional shootings by over 220 children. This has resulted in 92 deaths and 135 injuries Math is hard...

jabedude on Sept 16, 2021 [–]

You should look up the numbers of yearly defensive gun uses in the United States. The CDC reports 60,000 to 2.5 million defensive gun uses each year

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