...how can anyone say "owning a gun makes me safer" when they read stories like this.
Punctuation is important. Given the context of everything you had said immediately prior to this final sentence, and further given that you ended it with a period as opposed to a question mark. I interpreted that as a statement (or rhetorical question) on your part as opposed to a question and responded as such.
FakeAndyStuart wrote: ↑Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:08 am
you also suggest that just being a good guy with a gun is not enough. Should training be required before you qualify to own one?
"Required"? No. I believe such a requirement would violate the 2nd Amendment. You have the right to "Keep and bear arms." That means that mere possession is a right, as is bearing your arm. Nowhere are either of those rights contingent on training. This would be akin to asking me if I believe sensitivity training should be required before I can exercise my First Amendment right to free speech.
But more than that, the stories are piling up, anecdotal or not. Black people who legally own guns are being shot by police, even if they don't fire them. White people who legally own guns are going on shooting sprees and walking away with their lives. Please explain.
You're asking about a very small percentage of total gun crimes. The stories are "piling up" because literally every single time what you describe occurs, the media gives it full coverage. In fact, these stories get WAY, WAY, WAY disproportionately over-covered relative to other instances of gun use. It's not even close.