Quote of the Day
Some people feel more secure just knowing a gun is within reach. But having a weapon nearby doesn’t guarantee protection – in fact, it often increases the chances of injury or death. Research shows that homes with guns have higher rates of accidental shootings and suicides. Even trained gun owners can make split-second mistakes in high-stress situations.
Brody McCormick
July 2025
17 Gun Myths People Still Believe – Even Though They’re Completely Wrong
Do you know anyone who claims, “having a weapon nearby guarantees protection?” The “17 Gun Myths” are filled with crap like this. It is anti-gun ownership clickbait.
I find simple minded half-truths, straw man arguments, and lies to be extremely irritating. I don’t think they are this stupid. I think they are deliberately crafting a narrative to influence people into accepting their lies.
Higher rates of suicide? I don’t think so. Higher rate of suicide by gun, sure, that’s obvious. But as I understand the data, making guns hard to get causes would-be suicides to switch to other means.
The claim you cited is a variation on the infamous claim that owning a gun is unhelpful because there is a higher rate of unintended use than the rate of bad guys killed by the gun owner. A well known writer (Keck? Schulman?) called this argument “offensive” because it implies that the death of the bad guy is the goal of defensive gun use. And, of course, it also ignores the well documented fact that only about 2% of defensive gun use results in the death of the bad guy.
Yes, their logic is air-tight, and marriage is the leading cause of divorce as well.
Very few (if any) pro-gun people will claim that a gun is a guarantee of anything, it is just a method to improve your odds against a criminal.
If someone is willing to take an article published in MSN, meeting their editorial standards, at face value, they’re probably still wearing a cloth face mask while driving alone in their car, or some other tomfoolery that was strongly espoused by their Party but since shown to be an utter fabrication, a malicious lie, or wishcasting flatly denied by objective reality, but they don’t care. They’re on the right side, you see; nothing else matters, especially not facts.
It’s isn’t an informative article, or a persuasive article. It’s a “you’re still a good person” affirmation to what is left of their audience. And if you are still a good person, then MSN is still relevant, and if MSN is still relevant, maybe someone would like to advertise with them, and then MSN could get paid, which is the entire point of the exercise.
Even trained gun owners can make split-second mistakes in high-stress situations.
So do the “highly-trained” police officers, and they do so on the regular — hardly a week goes by that we don’t see/hear another news story of another officer doing something stupid with their service weapons.
Does that mean we disarm police? Public safety dictates we probably should, but that will never happen.
But there are MILLIONS more private-citizen gun owners than there are police officers, and trained or not, somehow they’re NOT endangering themselves or others regularly.
Well, maybe if it’s a Sig P-320?
” I don’t think they are this stupid. I think they are deliberately crafting a narrative to influence people into accepting their lies.”
Your right, their evil.
But many of the people educated in their schools have been made that stupid.
Look how many years you ran Markley’s Monday. And I’m sure there is a lot of them that still think it works.
“Sig P-320”
“Research shows that homes with guns have higher rates of accidental shootings.”
Research also shows that homes with bathtubs have higher rates of accidental bathtub falls.
Research also shows that homes in snowy and icy climates have higher rates of accidental slips.
Thanks for making difference
“Research shows that homes with guns have higher rates of accidental shootings.”
Not if you live in a ghetto.
You get shot walking your doggie. Or just a drive-by, Or by some dipshit wanting to join a gang.
But hey, I guess that’s what passes for research these days.
Logic fault (stun me with a mullet). The argument of perfection or total failure is incorrect. The proper and correct argument is nothing or something, with “something” having a wide range of values.
—having a weapon nearby doesn’t guarantee protection—
Who ever said there are guarantees in life?
Having a “weapon” is nothing more than a fighting chance should the worst come to pass.
Grooming for Marx.
Clutches pearls. Fear some more….
I am honored to have such an articulate and well-spoken troll such as you.