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Originally Posted by MrRoboto
We'll never know to be sure as the CDC has never been allowed to properly study it.
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Yes they are. What thy (weren't) allowed to do is conduct studies specifically for the sake of bolstering support for gun control. Obama lifted that restriction and a study was promptly conducted. The results weren't what anti-gun folks wanted so it was buried.
Besides, we don't even need a study, we can look at the numbers ourselves. Per the CDC, one has about a 0.004% chance of being involuntarily killed by a firearm (in the US). That's all homicides, mass murders, police shootings, accidental deaths, and self defense scenarios combined. It's not a significant threat.