This is frustrating...

[CandG]

Well, maybe you should throw some numbers at them. I mean, they probably won't listen to logic or reason, but maybe they think the odds of something happening to them are greater than what they really are.

You have a 1:164,968 chance of being struck by lightning.

A 1:112 chance of being killed in an auto accident

A 1:358 chance of dying from assault by firearm

A 1:211 chance of dying from assault of any kind

The National Safety Council comprises this data annually. The above is what I've been able to find for free from the below sources. If you're willing to pay for their book you can probably get a lot more. And note that these are the odds of dying. I suspect the odds of only being injured are probably worse.

Note that the first link is from 2006. The other two are current. Note that these are lifetime rates. Often times these types of rates will be calculated based on the chances of it happening within a year. These are the chances of it happening within your lifetime...which I think is much more useful.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/are-you-crazy-carry-gun%E2%80%A6or-crazy-not

http://www.nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/injury-facts-chart.aspx

http://www.nsc.org/NSC%20Images_Corporate/odds-of-dying-graphic.jpg

Here's your chances of rape if you are a woman...and if this doesn't wake them up, nothing will...

1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).

https://rainn.org/get-information/st...ssault-victims

No joke, all women need a defense weapon. The odds are really against them. I've heard the same rape stats, it's insane! And a very sad reality. Men are far less likely to need to defend themselves than women, but the world needs good guys with guns. The world needs AS MANY of them as it can get.

[EspoMan]

Sheep will be sheep. Nothing you can do about it.