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[bossy22]

that whole mantra about a gun in your home being more dangerous to you stems from i believe the Kellerman study, which was a non-scientific pet project that was designed to produce a "wanted" result. It only counted how many times an inturder was killed, not even how many times a homeowner wounded an intruder, or just scared them off. It also counted things in such as suicide, not distinguishing between a gun already in the home and a guy who bought a gun to commit suicide. in reality we dont have a really really great statistic on how many defensive gun uses there are because the belief is the overwhelming majority of defensive gun uses involve a criminal running away just at the sight of a gun.

Most CCW holders are trained- they go to the range and fire there guns alot- which is he only true way of getting good. most people who have CCW's care alot about weapons proficiency. There are some rumors that CCW holders are probably better shots than most major police departments.