Guns: Domestic Violence: If a gun is in the home it is 12 Times more likely that death will occur

The reasons for this are obvious. Common sense tells us that an assault with a firearm will more likely lead to death than an assault without one. Statistics bear this out. Domestic violence assaults involving a firearm are 12 times more likely to result in death than those involving other weapons or bodily force.
Firearms are efficient weapons and leave no time for intervention. A victim who might have escaped a knife attack and made it to the police, and then a shelter, and then to court for a restraining order, will likely never get the chance if she is attacked with a firearm.
“Handguns do not enhance our safety, they exacerbate our flaws…”



http://smartgunlaws.org/the-difference-a-gun-makes/#more-21499