samsmart
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There are large cities, like Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, Houston, and so on, located in states with very little gun control and strong protections for self-defense.
To my knowlege these large cities have not experienced any notable number of accidental deaths or injuries sustained because of the lawful defensive use of firearms. This despite the fact that guns are readily available there to all law abiding citizens, and GA FLA and TX all have easy to get "shall-issue" concealed carry permits.
I think this issue about dense urban populations is not actually a major issue at all. If it were, it would be news. Such information as I have seen does not indicate that accidental shootings are a problem in those cities.
Well, let me be clearer. I support castle laws for all types of areas. However, I think areas with denser population areas should promote less-than-lethal weapons of self defense because of the risks of accidental shootings from firearms.