Quote - My opinion being, based on my experience as a school security guard here in Israel, that in the hands of the panicky, hand guns are just as likely to be as lethal to the innocent as well as to the guilty.

This is actually backed by police statistics as well... Something radical, on the order of 80% of gun injuries during a breakin, are against the owner of a gun or a member of their family by that gun - rather than against the burglar...

For the exact figure, I'd have to look back at some of my notes and texts from my policing courses when I was studying criminal justice at university. The course in question was taught by a retired NY city cop.

You can take whatever political slant you want on it - ban guns, require training, or good riddance to idiots who can't use their own guns, or even 'what about statistics for other weapons, like a knife or baseball bat?' - but the statistic is just there in its neutral stance.

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