No. of Recommendations: 5
And? So those folks made a mistake, and so therefore all guns need to be removed?
The point is that there's a risk to having a gun available to you in a situation when you don't need it. That your own gun can end up destroying your life - and you have to take that into account when deciding for yourself whether to have a gun in your home.
Situations where a person who doesn't know you decides to your home with the prior intent to force entry and cause you bodily harm are incredibly, incredibly rare. Not impossible, of course. But so very rare that you need to consider that the scenario in which you make a mistake with the gun is may be more likely to happen than the scenario in which having the gun helps you out.
And to address your question - if people are making mistakes with guns that cause other people to be killed or wounded, that can justify a policy response. As a society, we generally let people engage in behaviors that are risky or dangerous, if they choose. But also generally, we don't let people engage in behaviors that are risky or dangerous to other people without imposing regulations to address that risk - and sometimes we don't even let people engage in behavior that's risky just to themselves. Whether it's speed limits or seatbelt laws or building codes or food safety standards, we have rules in place to reduce the possibility that people will end up making mistakes that hurt other people.
