Why more guns won't make us safer - The Week

 The vast majority of gun owners are not maniacs. The vast majority are not planning on shooting their girlfriends, wives, or partners. But in a fit of anger or jealousy or some other overwhelming emotion, a gun can become a convenient way of lashing out. The decision to shoot can take a second, and then can't be undone. It happens every day in this country. These are the sad facts of life. 

As the Harvard School of Public Health found, "guns in the home are used more often to frighten intimates than to thwart crime."

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