According to a recent study, a gun in the home increases the likelihood of homicide threefold. A gun in the home is 43 times more likely to be used to commit homicide, suicide, or an accidental killing than it is to be used to kill in self-defense. The Second Amendment protects the rights of citizens to keep and bear arms. Every court that has interpreted this language has found that the Second Amendment is infringed only by regulations that curtail the ability to maintain a well regulated militia. Most violence is racially motivated.
Guns are virtually the only unregulated consumer product in the United States.
While teddy bears, toasters, and other consumer products all are subject to strict safety regulations, guns are subject to no such regulations. Only 22 percent of murders are the result of activities such as rape, robbery, or arson. Almost one-third of all murders result from arguments, which account for the same percentage of firearms murders. Most gun deaths are homicides. Guns don't kill, people kill.