I don't believe "a study" is needed to arrive at every conclusion under the sun. Just as I don't need a study to assert that I'm looking at a computer monitor right now, I don't need one to assert that people who are armed are in general better defended against violence than those who are not.
That being said, I was only calling out a simplistic remark about the association between guns and the incidence of violence.
That being said, I was only calling out a simplistic remark about the association between guns and the incidence of violence.