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In reply to the discussion: Woman uses 2 guns to shoot at would-be home invasion robber [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)86. Sadly, your post is as accurate as most of your others. From 2013:
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18319&page=R1
PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH TO REDUCE THE THREAT OF FIREARM-RELATED
VIOLENCE
Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce
the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence
Executive Office
Institute of Medicine
Committee on Law and Justice
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Alan I. Leshner, Bruce M. Altevogt, Arlene F. Lee, Margaret A. McCoy,
and Patrick W. Kelley, Editors
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
(page 2, emphasis added)
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
This project was supported by awards between the National Academy of Sciences and both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (#200-2011-38807) and the CDC Foundation with the Foundations support originating from The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and one anonymous donor. The views presented in this publication are those of the editors and attributing authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project
VIOLENCE
Committee on Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce
the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence
Executive Office
Institute of Medicine
Committee on Law and Justice
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
Alan I. Leshner, Bruce M. Altevogt, Arlene F. Lee, Margaret A. McCoy,
and Patrick W. Kelley, Editors
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE AND
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
(page 2, emphasis added)
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
This project was supported by awards between the National Academy of Sciences and both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (#200-2011-38807) and the CDC Foundation with the Foundations support originating from The Annie E. Casey Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and one anonymous donor. The views presented in this publication are those of the editors and attributing authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project
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"I'm betting the perp realized pretty quickly that he had picked on the wrong household."
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#3
I was thinking because of that and the fact she went to retrieve a second gun maybe she
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#7
If they had only kept the door locked, nobody would have fired a shot, but that wouldn't be news. nt
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#14
You obvously didn't read the link, but your choosing to remain ignorant doesn't surprise me. nt
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#39
Firearms are *sometimes* lawfully employed to save the lives of innocent victims, true.
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#45
Is it, then, your position that if a thing brings more harm than good it should be banned?
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#50
The criminal came to the door asking for a third party as part of a ruse.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#33
If the perp saw cameras, an alarm system, and re-inforced doors and locks
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#46
"don't you think it's more likely they'd just move along and find an easier target"
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#47
Sigh, no, that is not what I'm saying. It's not black and white.Defending yourself should be allowed
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#52
"She'd have done just as well with a sound-track of gunfire, with less danger to others"
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#88
In that particular situation what I said is the truth, even though you hate to admit it. nt
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#90
Scientific studies not your thing? One incident is all you got? Not even a very good one.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#65
Scientific studies are my thing. That article isn't about a scientific study
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#66
Let's talk about the pain you feel at the thought of people defending themselves.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#71
The studies suck, that is the point of the whole article you folks are apoplectic about.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#75
Controllers have been bitching that the NRA has been blocking the CDC from studying guns.
hack89
Jan 2015
#76
Don't believe the myth that the government does not study gun violence, it's simply untrue.
branford
Jan 2015
#81
The gun-averse have a visceral hatred towards those who employ armed self-defense:
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#87