Citizens are Incompetent

Myth: Citizens are too incompetent to use guns for protection.

• Fact: About 11% of police shootings kill an innocent person – about 2% of shootings by citizens kill an innocent person. The odds of a defensive gun user killing an innocent person are less than 1 in 26,000. And that is with citizens using guns to prevent crimes almost 2,500,000 times every year.
• Fact: Most firearm accidents are caused by people with various forms of poor  self-control. These include alcoholics, people with previous criminal records, multiple driving accidents, and other risky behaviors.

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