Kellerman taught us that you are 43 times more likely to have your firearm kill yourself or a family member (either by mistake or because the intruder gets ahold of it) than have that firearm kill said intruder.
This is true, if the goal of your house firearm is to mount a burglar head next to your deer head, your chances aren't very good.
Of course, if the purpose of the gun is to simply stop an intruder, the odds are entirely different. Self defense guns aren't for 'hunting criminals'
However, now as I see it we have a different angle.
The TV in your house is 5,161,720 times more likely to be used by an intruder to kill you or a family member than it is to be used by you to kill an intruder.
http://www.startribune.com/local/20457734.html?location_refer=Homepage:highlightModules:3
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Two teenagers -- one of them in tears -- appeared in court for the first time Wednesday, accused in the savage stabbings and beatings of a Minneapolis mother [Daniels] and 10-year-old son.
Brian Lee Flowers, 16, and Stafon Edward Thompson, 17, are being held on $1 million bail each
The complaints against the two say Daniels was stabbed more than 100 times. Bloody foot, hand and fingerprints were found throughout the house. The boy suffered a fatal blow with a television set.
Police have said Flowers and Thompson and Daniels' 15-year-old son are affiliated with a gang. The son is in jail in Chicago for an unrelated shooting.
Not on the website, but in the paper, they were friends with Daniel's son. They each blame the other for doing everything. Each claimed the other was there to rob Daniels. Each claimed the other killed the 10 year old boy by bashing his head in with a TV to remove a potential witness.
This is true, if the goal of your house firearm is to mount a burglar head next to your deer head, your chances aren't very good.
Of course, if the purpose of the gun is to simply stop an intruder, the odds are entirely different. Self defense guns aren't for 'hunting criminals'
However, now as I see it we have a different angle.
The TV in your house is 5,161,720 times more likely to be used by an intruder to kill you or a family member than it is to be used by you to kill an intruder.
http://www.startribune.com/local/20457734.html?location_refer=Homepage:highlightModules:3
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Two teenagers -- one of them in tears -- appeared in court for the first time Wednesday, accused in the savage stabbings and beatings of a Minneapolis mother [Daniels] and 10-year-old son.
Brian Lee Flowers, 16, and Stafon Edward Thompson, 17, are being held on $1 million bail each
The complaints against the two say Daniels was stabbed more than 100 times. Bloody foot, hand and fingerprints were found throughout the house. The boy suffered a fatal blow with a television set.
Police have said Flowers and Thompson and Daniels' 15-year-old son are affiliated with a gang. The son is in jail in Chicago for an unrelated shooting.
Not on the website, but in the paper, they were friends with Daniel's son. They each blame the other for doing everything. Each claimed the other was there to rob Daniels. Each claimed the other killed the 10 year old boy by bashing his head in with a TV to remove a potential witness.