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fulvioterzapi | 3 years ago

Handguns might be more common in dangerous areas. Did they account for this?

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krapp|3 years ago

As I read it, yes. The risk of being killed by an intruder is practically nil, while the more considerable risk of being shot by someone else in the household just requires the presence of a gun in the house.

yakak|3 years ago

> Those numbers suggest the risk rises 50%, but Studdert said it was actually higher: in a separate calculation designed to better account for where people live and other factors, the researchers estimated the risk was more than twice as high.