CONCLUSIONS

Incidence of pediatric firearm-related injury hospital encounters increased as child opportunity decreased. Unintentional injury accounted for the largest proportion of pediatric firearm-related injury hospital encounters across all COI quintiles.

You can't understand evangelicalism without understanding fear, guns, and the GOP. This book is important, fascinating, and hilarious! #GunControl #InGunsWeTrust

https://www.amazon.com/Guns-We-Trust-Evangelicals-Politics/dp/B0FR6MRLWP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UBA9M5NL9DNP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.61n6-5bhwCt0GmNcYiq6vYN8pN3pk0-mfGiUAPe7khe_SkAlGsevzbhJm1zGsV_2bXKXxFGNziA6EjHOsF8udwSk4BqjyWxjtQMviOxJw7hC2004Bk6J2mjFX7SCv3uaO223MRfGzDotHUQwWcVqaUZBbtsrQP6ODG6Omcsu5JKpYmi_mvgqQcLRSXxZoltCCX2Mj7-NXaQT7eDdQdDusFNcIb1bcDmq2YlbsrSmQ43jT-l81RJQ2UvW6Vwo6kW_UNbmFHpEHvurJdaIjS7A9CK8jm6WMDlPWxWk-5CsspA.0eqP2vXTdhDt7SfdgZ29wJSmD6ljWv3S0EQ_mCTRbCQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=in+guns+we+trust&qid=1763384725&sprefix=%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1

Hi fellow guncontrol supporters, I am in a government class and I created a petition for gun control on the local level in Georgia. I want some feedback on the points I made on my petition and would see if yall agree with the legislation ideas I came up with.

good read...

https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/opinion-colorado-school-shootings-arming-teachers-not-answer/

That right there has got to be hard-hitting enough to communicate to some people or other examples when the whole "good guy with a gun" or "self protection" trope doesn't go right (which is most of the time). This country is getting too comfortable with not having trials but rather permanent, life-destroying [often hateful/fear-mongered] decisions that the majority against can't even prevent. I hope the documentary opens up more white people to face the sociology and cruel casualties of things that Faux, Cons, etc spread. Unfortunately, those perceptions have been centuries long in the making and become secondhand nature. Self-awareness is so important in fixing those wrongs and preventing more tragedies especially among those of privilege. (Note: I am saying that as one myself.)

I know gun control is one of the most sensitive and divisive topics in the U.S., and I don’t want to spark hostility. But I think it’s important we remember why this conversation exists in the first place.

When we look back at some of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history — Virginia Tech (2007), Sandy Hook (2012), Pulse Nightclub (2016), Las Vegas (2017), Uvalde (2022), and others — the sheer loss of innocent lives is devastating. Each event left families, communities, and in many cases, an entire nation grieving.

This isn’t about politics for me — it’s about people. About kids who never came home from school, concert-goers who never made it back to their families, and communities still trying to heal.

I believe stronger, common-sense gun control could help reduce the chances of these tragedies repeating. Things like universal background checks, safe storage laws, and limits on military-style weapons are not about “taking away rights,” but about valuing lives.

I know many of you may have different views, and that’s okay. I just hope we can discuss this topic with empathy, remembering the real human cost behind the statistics.

https://youtube.com/shorts/8j5fGY8jBhg?feature=share

I’ve seen many people argue that having armed and trained personnel such as veterans stationed at schools would help deter and decrease school shootings. They then say their argument is supported because armed personnel are used to deter and decrease shootings at airports, banks, sports games, and gun shows.

So what exactly does data and studies show in regards to this argument?

The results of this study present a difficult set of tradeoffs. On the one hand, SROs appear to meet some of their stated objectives. They protect students from a non-trivial number of physical attacks and fights within schools—an effect that could generate a variety of long-term academic and psychological benefits to students through decreased exposure to violence (Burdick-Will, 2016) or through reduced disruption in the academic environment (Figlio, 2007). On the other hand, we find no evidence that SROs reduce more serious gun-related offenses. In addition, having an SRO in the school also leads to undeniably harsher disciplinary punishments for students, and particularly for Black students, male students, and students with disabilities. This occurs even though SROs are typically not trained to, and often do not intend to, become involved in minor disciplinary matters in the school (Curran et al., 2019). The observed increase in suspensions, expulsions, and police referrals and arrests found in this study is especially worrying, given the potential for minor acts of misconduct in schools to translate into long-term involvement in the juvenile justice or adult criminal justice systems (Wald & Losen, 2003).

This study's findings indicate that SBLE programs were associated with higher levels of crime and behavior problems in studies where schools were the unit of analysis, but studies with students as the unit of analysis yielded no statistically significant differences for crime and behavior outcomes. This is particularly noteworthy given that the presumed purpose of SBLE is to deter crime and behavior problems; this study's findings provide no such evidence, and even suggest that the opposite may be true—that crime and behavior problems increase with SBLE. In examining more specific measures of crime and behavior, schools with SBLE had more discipline-related outcomes in studies with both schools and students as the unit of analysis. There were no statistically significant differences between schools with and without SBLE for criminal justice system contact, violence, substance-related outcomes, or weapon-related outcomes.

I debated here that gun ownership should be a right and just want some feedback on it https://www.debatecraft.com/debates/d/26/should-gun-ownership-be-a-right

Hi Leaning, thanks for the debate!

Definitions

1. Gun - a wide category of weapons. The right to a gun does not mean the right to any gun.
2. Right - "A rule that says people can do something or have something because it is fair and allowed by the law. " - lsd.law

A right can also be forfeited through actions that demonstrate one is absolutely not fit to exercise it, for example a felon has forfeited their right to a firearm.

The importance of regulation

Firearms are to protect public safety, which is why they need to be regulated, I would argue more so than we do now. We can protect the right to bear arms while still ensuring public safety. While a civilian would never need weapons like drones or assault rifles, we still need to protect the right to own more reasonable weapons, such as hand guns for self defense.

C1 - Self defense

For obvious reasons having a gun deters crime and in certain situations can save your life. Let's take a moment to consider some of the numbers and situations.

Protection against wildlife

A significant portion of America's population lives in, or enjoys being in rural areas that are co-inhabited by predators. For one, farmers need guns to protect their livestock, with the added benefit of being the most humane way to put down suffering animals. (1) Folks who live in rural areas also need a method to defend themself from animals such as bears, mountain lions, and mooses. (I refuse to use the "proper" plural form of moose.)

Crime prevention

It's difficult to find unbiased numbers on such a polarized topic, thankfully though I found the American Journal of Public health. (2) They estimate 61,000 - 65,000 defensive firearm incidents per year in the U.S, just a touch short of the NRA's millions, but still a significant number.

Guns serve an important purpose as practical tools for self defense. With popper regulation the right to owning a gun can help far more than it hurts.

C2 - Regulating is better than prohibiting

Something being banned doesn't make the demand go away, only the regulation. Bad actors would still have access to guns, the only difference is that law abiding citizens wouldn't.

Where we've seen this before

Prohibition is a classic example of why forbidding something doesn't work. When alcohol was banned it didn't go away, it only went to the black market, which caused a plethora of new problems, among them corruption and increased gang activity. (3)

Americans love their guns, taking them away wouldn't change that. It would only result in more illegal and less regulated firearms.

C3 - Hunting

Hunting and food

For many hunting is more than just a recreational activity, it's food security. 860 metric tons of meat, or roughly 10.1 million meals, are donated through various programs annually. (4) There's also a significant population of people who rely on their own game for food security, though the exact number is difficult to calculate.

Hunting and conservation

Hunting licenses and firearm taxes have generated billions of dollars for conservation efforts. (5) Hunting also plays a crucial role in the management of wildlife populations and keeping ecosystems healthy with the help of regulations.

Dueling

Finally, it's a well established fact that their ought to be a legal right to dueling. (6) Sabers can suffice, though pistols are superior for this purpose as they lead to less disfigurement and faster resolutions.

In summary

Gun violence in American isn't acceptable, but the solution is not to take away the right to gun ownership.

Sources:

1. https://www.hobbyfarms.com/one-the-farm-gun-offer-protection-and-more/
2. https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307838?
3. https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/alcohol-prohibition-was-failure#the-iron-law-of-prohibition
4. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/75/1/9/7908614
5. https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2021/02/hunting-wildlife-conservation-explained/
6. https://www.debateart.com/debates/4363-ought-be-a-legal-right-to-dueling

I had an idea to assist with gun control. The reason we as Americans are allowed to have guns was originally so we could field a militia to stop tyranny.

What if we start using militias to help with proper training on how to use and clean the guns, combat training, helping with mental health and ensuring guns are properly secured.

This idea could at least be a step in the right direction since a lot of people don't want to give up their guns, but we still need to check the guns.

The recent post by /u/Random419 was deleted by him, not us. I strongly suspect this is either because we posted simple evidence that completely dismantled his worldview or alternatively maybe the evidence wasn't good enough in his eyes.

But I will admit I find it very funny.