Handgun Control Inc.

Handgun Control Inc. (HCI) is an activist organization that supports federal regulation of the manufacture, sale, and civilian possession of handguns and automatic weapons. In the following viewpoint, HCI refutes the idea that gun ownership is an effective means of self-defense. Guns kept in the home are rarely used in self-defense, it argues. HCI notes that keeping a gun in the home increases the risk that an argument or scuffle in the home might end in homicide. Keeping a gun in the home also increases the risks of gun-related accidents, especially if there are children in the home. In HCI’s view, the dangers of gun ownership far exceed the benefits.

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1. According to FBI statistics, as cited by Handgun Control Inc., how...