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Re:‘I hope you die’: how the Covid pandemic unleashed attack... by spywaregorilla on Friday October 15, 2021 @11:25AM (#28878758)
> In the event that someone does break in, gun owners are more likely to die than non-gun owners.

That sounds like some backwards causality to me. It seems way more likely that people own guns when the likelihood of murderous break ins is high, rather than the idea that the same break in situations are happening and they're just getting into firefights and losing.

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Re:‘I hope you die’: how the Covid pandemic unleashed attack... by throw0101a on Friday October 15, 2021 @04:46PM (#28882967)
> It seems way more likely that people own guns when the likelihood of murderous break ins is high, rather than the idea that the same break in situations are happening and they're just getting into firefights and losing.

A person with a gun may feel like they can "handle" the intruder more than someone who is unarmed. If you're unarmed you may take the less risky action of barricading yourself in a room and calling the police.

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