So far this not been the case. Many incidents occur during street crimes. Another reason why guns should not be available to private citizens is because the United States has the world's highest rate of gun- related suicides. Other means of suicide such as overdosing on pills or breathing in carbon monoxide from car exhaust can give someone a chance for rescue. The possibility of survival from a gunshot to the head is very rare.
Suicide can be a spur of the moment feeling.
The number one reason why Americans own guns is for protection. This reason is not hard to understand with the rising crime rate, but in reality these guns end up harming their owners and their families, more than they do the intruders. And 17 percent of those murders are within domestic relationships. Statistics prove that having a gun at home does more harm than good. Owners hardly ever get to defend themselves with their guns.