For future reference.

 Some scientific research on guns and safety.

(This is an opinion piece but it has links to research papers.)  http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487470

Injuries and deaths due to firearms in the home:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9715182

Snopes--not exactly scientific but more so than not,
links to DoJ figures on homicides by weapon type.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/baseballbats.asp

Department of Justice:
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487470
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States


Comments from actual gun owners and users (not scientific--but good)
http://www.xojane.com/issues/on-black-holes-patience-and-what-i-know-to-be-true