Owning a gun puts you at greater risk; isn't this common knowledge?

Hey all,

So I was lurking the around imdb/primewire again and I decided to stir the pot a little over the whole gun ownership thing.

The major fallacy that gun advocates commit is that they say owning a gun makes you safer. It doesn't. Statistically, you and anyone who lives in your home is more likely to be killed by a gun if there is a gun in the house.

The idea of having a gun in your home for protection in ridiculous. The only situation in which a gun would help you is if someone broke into your home while you were there (unlikely) and decided to kill you rather than flee when they were discovered (even more unlikely).
If someone has entered your home with the intention of killing you, you're dead. In all likelihood they have been watching you for a bit and know where your gun is and if it's loaded.
Carrying a gun for protection also won't help you if faced with an armed aggressor. I don't know the name of the study offhand, but there was a study done to see if having some armed students at colleges/universities might help to prevent school shootings. It was a dismal failure. Even students familiar with guns and their use were unable to disable the gunman. Half of them couldn't even unholster their weapon before being shot.

All of that being said, gun ownwership does bring people peace of mind. If feeling safer and more secure is that important to you, by all means, arm yourself to the teeth.

/rant

'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt