You can’t dismiss the article simply because it’s in Mother Jones. You need to show that the studies are wrong. Here are the sources for the bit that I posted.
injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/9/1/48.full
"Conclusion: Among adults who died in California in 1998, those dying from violence were more likely than those dying from non-injury causes to have purchased a handgun. "
aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/160/10/929.full
“The findings of this study add to the body of research showing an association between guns in the home and risk of a violent death. Those persons with guns in the home were at significantly greater risk than those without guns in the home of dying from a suicide in the home relative to other causes of death. This finding was particularly the case for males, who in general have higher rates of completed suicide than females do.”
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457502000490
“Firearms in the home appear to be a risk factor for unintentional gunshot fatality among adults. The magnitude of the observed effect estimates should be compared with those from additional studies.”
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9715182/
“CONCLUSIONS: Guns kept in homes are more likely to be involved in a fatal or nonfatal accidental shooting, criminal assault, or suicide attempt than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.”
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.90.4.588
“CONCLUSIONS: Many children live in homes with firearms that are stored in an accessible manner. Efforts to prevent children’s access to firearms are needed.”
pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/107/6/1247.abstract?sid=96fc3066-8fc5-4c58-b518-1940841c762b&sso=1&sso_redirect_count=1&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token
“Conclusion. Many 8- to 12-year-old boys will handle a handgun if they find one. Guns that are kept in homes should be stored in a manner that renders them inaccessible to children.guns, weapons, firearms, children, childhood behavior, injury prevention.”