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I think the chances of someone successfully committing suicide dramatically increases if they have access to a gun.
Cool. As an adult, I like to be able to weigh positives and negatives and make my own decisions.
Since you like numbers, what are the odds these days of getting murdered by a fascist if you don't have a gun?
Approaching zero?
A drunk guy attacked a STRANGER--the WRONG stranger--for having pride flags on their porch. Even if this stuff is less common than in the past, it's far from gone.
I'm guessing if Wolfe said "Get off my property or I'll shoot you" it might have deterred Jones more than a baseball bat. Maybe not, but the gun still gives you an edge if/when it comes to a fight.
As others have said, if you believe the dangers of a gun in your home outweigh the benefits, then by all means don't own one. I just don't think it's "terrible" advice to own a gun and keep it in a safe location.
The danger of a gun FAR outweighs the vanishingly rare outliers where a gun is helpful. There is no question about this. Only fevered gun-fondlers can manage to confuse themselves on this issue. It's very very clear.
an alcoholic's chance of getting blackout drunk dramatically increases if they have access to alcohol
does my chance of getting blackout drunk increase if I have access to alcohol (no, it remains zero)
we can all see you deliberately mixing up "the general public" and "a specific named individual," it is obvious fuckery
we are talking about populations, not some specific individual.
you literally told a specific individual not to get a gun
Right - because owning a gun dramatically increases their chances of being the victim of gun violence.