Guns Kill Loved Ones but Offer Little Self-Defense

New research puts to bed the myth that gun ownership makes for a safer home — in fact, it seems firearms only endanger loved ones’ lives

Robert Roy Britt
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5 min readJul 30, 2019

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OfOf the 30% of Americans who own guns, roughly two-thirds say it’s for self-protection. However, they might want to reconsider: New research is…

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Robert Roy Britt
GEN
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Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB