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Guns What is the maximum number of police officers that are on duty in the whole of the USA at any one time? The answer is 64,000. So what is the chance one will be there to protect you when you are attacked? How many children under the age of 12 are killed by discovering a handgun in the home in the whole of the USA each year? On average, 11. When burglars in jail are asked by researchers "What is the one thing you most fear the most when you burgle a home?" the most common answer is "that the home owner has a gun". Doesn't the 2nd Amendment refer to militias & not to individuals? See http://www.law.ucla.edu/volokh/amazing.htmHow many children under the age of 12 find a gun in the home & use it to kill someone? Less than 30 in the country per year. By comparison, 500 kids a year drown in swimming pools. http://www.cato.org/dailys/06-01-99a.html More criminals are shot while committing a crime by armed citizens than by police officers. Politicians in favor of gun control say people can't be trusted to use guns defensively - why do these politicians have armed bodyguards?
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