• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    We have 15 guns per person

    And this is why statistics classes are important. Only 30% of US adults own guns. So at 15 guns per person, that means most of those people own a fuckton of guns. I’d hazard a guess to say most of those people are not in the medical field.

    Most American adults do not own a gun, probably have never fired a gun, and their only training is from video games.

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      8 months ago

      Also, a good handful of the people who DO own a weapon, have no training in the weapon and don’t know how to use or handle one safely.

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      8 months ago

      Regardless of owning a gun: when they’re so commonplace then you should learn the basics, it could save a life someday knowing about the safety, magazine, chamber, and about never pointing a gun, loaded or otherwise, at anything that you don’t intend to destroy.