Regina Regina:
This happens thousands of times a day in the US. Why is this one important?
You're starting to scare me.
I'm beginning to get the impression there are things you would prefer people didn't know.
With this one, yes, guns are often used for self protection in the US.
Is this common knowledge? I offer up the possibility it is not. In gun control arguments I saw debaters offer up as endorsing fact the idea that you saw stories of guns used for criminal or psycho attacks, but you almost never heard of somebody making use of one for self-protection.
This is true. THEY would not hear about it. The media they restrict themselves to would not allow them to hear such facts. The broader media does not offer up such stories. Local mainstream media does though. And the media I follow links to those local stories.
So a while ago I decided to do those informationally deprived debaters a favor and let them in on one of the secrets their media won't tell them. People do defend themselves with guns all the time.
But now I'm going to say you're telling me I've made my point so shut up, right? OK, done. No more 'guns are used to save people' stories from me. (Even if they are among the most popular.
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