> The "guns save lives" argument falls apart when you realize that the plural of anecdote is not data.
No, not really. It works for real data, too.
>> Using cross-sectional time-series data for U.S. counties from 1977 to 1992, we find that allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons deters violent crimes and it appears to produce no increase in accidental deaths.[1]
Which never impresses anyone so gun advocates go for stories.