I didn’t call them homicidal maniacs. Most gun owners in the US are under educated hateful bigots because most people in the US are. The only convincing stats on what I was talking about would be percentage of gun owners that experienced a home instrusion, had access to a firearm during the intrusion, and did or did not discharge the firearm. I wasn’t able to locate such data but this would be interesting. American gun owner’s don’t need positive assumptions being made about them in the absence of data.
“illicit firesticks” just sounds way cooler on the surface than what it actually is.
I have moles in my yard and they are either very time consuming or very expensive to treat. Ultimately they end up winning. I’m routing for the British moles - keep digging!