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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 07:11 AM Oct 2015

NRA Commentary Admits The Odds Of Needing A Gun To Defend Yourself Are Infinitesimal

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A new commentary video from the National Rifle Association admitted that the odds of needing to use a gun for self-defense are exceedingly small while still promoting the ownership of firearms for self-defense.

The admission was made on the NRA's Noir web series, a show hosted by gun blogger turned NRA News commentator Colion Noir. The series is part of the NRA's increasing efforts to appeal to a younger demographic.

The odds of using a gun defensively are actually so low that it is difficult to accurately measure the number of defensive gun uses that occur each year. Meanwhile, gun violence is so frequent in the United States that more than 100,000 gunshot injuries are recorded every year (a figure that does not include crimes committed with guns where no one is shot).

Despite admitting the rarity of defensive gun uses, the NRA commentary video did not admit the logical conclusion of that fact, which is that guns do not typically make people safer.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/10/21/nra-commentary-admits-the-odds-of-needing-a-gun/206313
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NRA Commentary Admits The Odds Of Needing A Gun To Defend Yourself Are Infinitesimal (Original Post) SecularMotion Oct 2015 OP
Media Matters? GGJohn Oct 2015 #1
They are slim that's for sure, but it's better to have and not need than need and die. ileus Oct 2015 #2
If there's no violent crime why did Brock violate Washington DC gun laws to illegally buy a gun? Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2015 #3
Because he knew MSM would never call his hand in it. They didn't. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #4
Two (minimum) problems with that Silicosys4 Oct 2015 #5

GGJohn

(9,951 posts)
1. Media Matters?
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:15 AM
Oct 2015

Really?

They're about as believable as World Nut Daily.

Any comment on this story SecMo?
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ileus

(15,396 posts)
2. They are slim that's for sure, but it's better to have and not need than need and die.
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 08:25 AM
Oct 2015

Good thing about America is for most states going around not prepared isn't necessary.

 

Silicosys4

(26 posts)
5. Two (minimum) problems with that
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 09:47 PM
Oct 2015

Last edited Sun Oct 25, 2015, 11:18 PM - Edit history (1)

1. Successful defensive uses of a gun are unmeasurable so stating any odds is a fallacy in itself,
2. As someone wiser than myself once explained to me,
It's not a question of odds it's a matter of what is at stake. For me, that is the lives of myself
and my family.

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