Carrying a gun "for self defense" means that you're 4x more likely to get shot

Trust me guys (I made it up)

If, by "made it up" you mean, looked up the numbers from reputable data sources. 8yihbk.jpg (click to show)

you're citing a meme

My meme, which connects to this data:

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/debunking-the-guns-make-us-safer-myth/ (see bottom of the article for the numbers I used)

https://time.com/6183881/gun-ownership-risks-at-home/

https://ricagv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Risks-and-Benefits-of-a-Gun-in-the-Home-Hemenway-2012-Harvard.pdf

If you're not ready to read the footnotes, just accept the meme, but the data is solid.