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by fulvioterzapi 1482 days ago
Handguns might be more common in dangerous areas. Did they account for this?
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As I read it, yes. The risk of being killed by an intruder is practically nil, while the more considerable risk of being shot by someone else in the household just requires the presence of a gun in the house.
> Those numbers suggest the risk rises 50%, but Studdert said it was actually higher: in a separate calculation designed to better account for where people live and other factors, the researchers estimated the risk was more than twice as high.
Yes