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...handgun is available and it is used...
...until the alarming number of handguns in circulation is reduced substantially will the number of accidental handgun deaths decrease...
...also buy guns. Usually a handgun...
...fear of crime which makes people buy handguns to protect themselves. But the purchase of a handgun only magnifies the chance of accidental violence. Numerous studies have pointed out that arming oneself leads to more dead homeowners, not more dead robbers. As the number of handguns in circulation increases, the chances that the guns will fall into the hands of criminals also increase. Just about every handgun used in a criminal act was once stolen from an honest citizen. This in turn leads to more violent crime involving handguns. With this increase in crime, the fear of crime rises...
...country has changed since the days of the wild west when men wore a six-gun strapped to their hip for protection. In a modern urban society where people live in close proximity to each other the prospect of every citizen carrying a handgun is an invitation to tragedy...