Other evidence abounds. Towns that require adults to arm themselves see a minuscule violent crime rate. Australia, which recently banned guns, saw a significant increase in home break-ins, armed robbery, assault, and homicide. In the United States, armed citizens prevent crime an estimated 700,000 to 2.5 million times per year. The latest claim from the anti-gun lobby is that every day 13 children die from gun wounds.
Families have an excellent record for firearms safety.
The statistic also includes older teen gangsters for whom violence is a way of life. Such deaths can hardly be blamed on guns. Ivins closes by noting the problems with guns but failing to note the usefulness of guns. You have to catch someone before you can stab him, knives don't ricochet and people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives. When criminals can buy guns on the black market, steal them, or make them in the garage, gun control laws will serve mostly to disarm the honest citizen.