red herring 
  
anti-guns people repeatedly claim that use of a gun in defense very rarely happens and if it is tried, it is very risky and likely to fail. 
  
GGK: bugger off, you are on permanent ignore 
 
wtf, red-herring?  relevant to my argument.  interpret the 2nd amendment in the "originalist" fashion conservative jurists are so in love with.  the founders gave you a right to a musket, no more. 
  
also, "red herring" to say those who aren't for a wild-west gun environment are "anti-gun"  
  
This homeowner had a revolver with 6 shots.  She fired them all and hit the intruder 5 times and he fled, later unable to continue due to his injuries.  He is in the hospital.  A musket would have been a failure to do much in this case.