The whole Amir Locke death should put to rest the idea that having a gun [View all]

will protect you. It as a cop that shot him but it just as well could have been an armed thief. Makes no difference. The bad guy, with or without badge, has his gun at the ready and is prepared. You with your home protection gun are not. Amir was asleep but it would have made no difference if he were watching TV and fully awake. The intruder with a gun entered and ten seconds later Amir was dead.

The gun sellers have convinced their frightened followers that a gun in the house makes them safe when science says it makes them 5x more likely to be harmed by a gun. The gun sellers have convinced their followers that instant access to a gun will allow them to defend themselves when it clearly does not. Amir's gun was not in a safe, it was in his hand yet he still didn't have time to bring it to bear against the unknown intruder who killed him.

It is sad that so many people have fallen prey to the marketing subterfuge that they have been fed.

Like a smoker with COPD who was fooled by Tabaco advertising we should treat them with loving concern whether they accept it or not. The are to be pitied, not argued with.