In regard to shooting children... Some interesting stats ...

100
Number of people killed by guns in the U.S., every day

12
Number of children who die every day from gun violence in the U.S.

950
School shootings since Sandy Hook, including 27 school shootings so far this year

18 to 21
Peak ages for violent offending with firearms

8 million
Number of AR-15s and its variations in circulation

9 in 10
Number of people who will die after attempting suicide with a gun

98
Percentage of mass shooters who are men

89
Percentage of gun owners who favor preventing the "mentally ill" from purchasing guns

77
Percentage of gun owners who favor background checks at private sales and gun shows

54
Percentage of gun deaths that are suicides; 43% are murders

79
Percentage of murders that involved a firearm

<1
Percentage of people who defended themselves with their guns in violent crimes

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walabby · 61-69, M

I Googled looking for instances of ordinary armed citizens preventing mass shootings (in the USA) and found a commentary listing ten examples. Undoubtedly there would be more than this. Then I looked for the number of unintentional shootings. More than 27,000 in 2019 with almost 500 deaths. The risk/reward ratio of having an armed public doesn't seem to be worth it...

ozgirl512 · 26-30, F

@walabby thanks for the research...i think it's one of those oft quoted benefits that doesn't stand up to analysis

MasterLee · 56-60, M

@ozgirl512 it doesn't get press. Google is no good.