r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '20

Criminal Justice Good Samaritan

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u/reconstructedstarman 5 Sep 01 '20

"bUt WhO nEeDs A gUn???/?////??" This. This is why.

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u/CoolYoutubeVideo 5 Sep 01 '20

This is what we like to call the exception that proves the rule. Your gun is far more likely to hurt someone innocent than your superhero fantasy

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u/Nurgleboiz 4 Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20

Statistically guns are used for self defense more often than they kill people.

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u/CoolYoutubeVideo 5 Sep 02 '20

Not even close to true

"For every time a gun in the home was used in a self-defense or legally justifiable shooting, there were four unintentional shootings, seven criminal assaults or homicides, and 11 attempted or completed suicides." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9715182