Instead of refuting the study or offering counter argument backed by data you launch into the same illogical tirade you used in the other thread. I should use some of your recent postings as an example to teach logic-by it misapplication; "class read the following passage and see how many logical fallacies you can find." The biggest is the straw man of responding to a post about licensing handguns and leaping off the crazy train as if it's complete removal of handguns--or completely denying people the right to defend themselves; it's nothing of the sort.
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The cost of not arming oneself or having someone armed around them is brutality, suffering and death for people and their families.
Do you really want to go down what the data says about handguns? The cost of arming yourself with a handgun in the home is a dramatically increased risk of accidental, successful suicide attempt, and deliberate homicide of a family member in a domestic quarrel, with hardly any evidence suggesting it serves a deterrent or defensive role.
In a rather detailed study of studies the conclusion was:
"However, for most contemporaryAmericans, the scientific studies suggest
that the health risk of a gun in the home is
greater than the benefit. There are no credible
studies that indicate otherwise. The
evidence is overwhelming that a gun in the
home is a risk factor for completed suicide
and that gun accidents are most likely to
occur in homes with guns. There is compelling
evidence that a gun in the home is
a risk factor for intimidation and for killing
women in their homes, and it appears
that a gun in the home may more likely be
used to threaten intimates than to protect
against intruders. On the potential benefit
side, there is no good evidence of a deterrent
effect of firearms or that a gun in the
home reduces the likelihood or severity of
injury during an altercation or break-in."
This matches studies by John Hopkins I've posted, and earlier CDC's conclusions before Congress, in an NRA lead denial campaign, blocked further research about gun violence.
http://www.iansa.org/system/files/Ri... Home 2011.pdf