I touched a raw nerve, just pointing out that the people I know who carry have on balance brought more harm to themselves than they have avoided by carrying.
Those are the facts I have, I know it's just anecdotal, but it's all still true.

meanwhile, I'd love to see where that 750,000 defensive uses of firearms a year comes from, cuz it sounds like it's been pulled right out of thin air.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address