Sunday, April 5, 2009

This Week's Gun Myth

Myth: Only police should have guns

Fact: “...most criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about
running into the police.”

Fact: 11% of police shootings kill an innocent person - about 2% of shootings by citizens kill an
innocent person.

Fact: Police have trouble keeping their own guns. Hundreds of firearms are missing from the
FBI and 449 of them have been involved in crimes.

Fact: People who saw the helplessness of the L.A. Police Department during the 1992 King
Riots or the looting and violence in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina know that citizens need
guns to defend themselves.

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