[quote=Coolhand]
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Originally Posted by JayBee
The problem with that is that the bullet isn't always stopped by the criminal.
How much domestic violence is aggravated when there is a gun in the house.
How many children get hurt playing with loaded guns in a domestic environment.
Does the chance of you interfacing with a criminal stop at your front door? If not should you keep a firearm in your car? Your place of work?
If I lived in a country where owning firearms was allowed by the general public, then I would use every other possible deterrent I could before resorting to using a firearm myself.
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You make some very good points Coolhand, if guns are readily available then thats the option you would go for first. The law allows for "reasonable force" to be used, is a gun reasonable force or could other means have been used.
As for children getting hurt, you hear the owners saying that the gun is kept unloaded/in a secure place. If thats the case, how much use would it be in a face to face confrontation with a criminal.
In the US, maybe people are more used to handling firearms, but in the UK most people would not have a clue what to do. A gun in untrained hands is a very deadly weapon, not just for whoever it is pointed at but for any innocent bystanders. Bullets don't know who is innocent and who is guilty, you may be on the other side of a wall/window . Collateral damage ????