Gun Industry's Own Research Contradicts Claims of Safety, Reveals Climate of Fear

"Stand Your Ground" Laws and Increased Deaths

• ⚖️ "Stand Your Ground" laws, which remove the duty to retreat, have shockingly led to an estimated 700 additional deaths annually.
• 📈 These laws have increased gun deaths nationally by 8-11%, with justifiable homicide rates rising by 55% in states that implement them.
• ⚠️ The research also indicates that shootings of Black victims by white shooters are four times more likely to be deemed justified under these laws, highlighting inherent racism in the system.

Gun Industry's Concealed Carry Research

• 🎯 Despite claims from politicians like Sen. John Kennedy and gun manufacturers that carrying firearms enhances safety, the gun industry's own research reveals the opposite.
• 📉 A 2018 NSSF study found that more Americans feel less safe with people legally carrying concealed guns in public.
• 👥 This sentiment applies to non-gun owners, gun owners, liberals, and conservatives alike, indicating a widespread climate of fear.

Marketing vs. Reality

• 📢 The narrative that more guns make everyone safer is presented as marketing by the gun industry, not a reflection of public perception.
• 🤥 Even among gun owners, a majority feel that concealed carry either has no impact on safety or makes them feel less safe.
• 💰 This suggests that politicians promoting gun sales are prioritizing donations and profits over constituent safety, akin to the false advertising of the opioid crisis.

Call for Regulation and Awareness

• 💡 The study's findings should logically lead to more gun regulations, similar to how public health information on eggs and cholesterol evolved.
• 🗣️ There's a hope that younger generations and those who understand such studies will push for change in Congress.
• 🌟 The hope is that by pushing this study and its findings, more people will understand the realism of having guns and that it will ultimately save lives.