candycorn
Diamond Member
Re-post your link. I followed the one in the USMB link you just gave. It gives me a 404 error. I need to see what they're calling a "defense".Sorry Candy -- if you don't buy it --- then you;re not reading my posts. I gave a set of statistics from the DOJ --- DID YOU SEE THEM?? Showing 86,000 defenses with guns a year. I'll even edit in the post number for you.. http://www.usmessageboard.com/5700613-post47.html
Now Yes -- I know that's not 100,000.. I was being CONSERVATIVE.. Because the DOJ stats are just for incidents where paperwork is filled out.. SEVERAL reputable academic studies put the number at more than 200,000 per year.. The DOJ doesn't lie -- DOES IT?
So in the time it takes you to read this message and respond (about 4 minutes), someone in the US fended off an "attack" with a firearm...is this what you're saying?
Yeah.. Exactly.. Not so hard to believe if you consider how many calls to police for personal assault or property crime occurs every minute. In general, these have better outcomes when a citizen is capable of warding off the crime or defending themselves..
http://www.usmessageboard.com/5700613-post47.html
Or I'll repost it HERE...
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/hvfsdaft.txt
About three-fourths of the victims who used firearms for
self-defense did so during a crime of violence, 1987-92
Average annual number of victimizations
in which victims used firearms to defend
themselves or their property
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TOTAL Attacked perp Threatened perp
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All crimes 82,500 30,600 51,900
Total violent crime 62,200 25,500 36,700
With injury 12,100 7,300 4,900
Without injury 50,000 18,200 31,800
Theft, burglary,
motor vehicle theft 20,300 5,100 15,200
Yes and the link continues to come up as a bad link. I need to see the hard data.
The word "average" in your C&P is also a bit troublesome. So if I am understanding this right, in that 5 year period, there were X number of crimes being committed or attempted or whatever (need the link again). Of that number, you divide it by 5 and you come up with 82,500. Of that 82,500, 30,600 actually attacked the "perp" with their gun; 51,900 just threatened the "perp". Am I getting that right?