2aguy
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We have 8-9,000 gun murders a year...sometimes more sometimes less....and we have, on average 1.6 million times a year that guns are used to stop violent criminal attack and save lives.....
We have 6-700 accidental gun deaths a year....and 1.6 million times a year a gun is used to stop a violent criminal attack and save lives....
I will assume you can do the math....
Which is the bigger number....
8-9,000 or 1.6 million
6-700 or 1.6 million....
We have 11.1 million people with concealed carry permits...who aren't killing people...
Do the math.....
Keep in mind this FBI table goes up to 2012.....that gives you just over 8,000 gun murders in 2012...but their numbers can be off...but it is what we have....
FBI mdash Expanded Homicide Data Table 8
Now here are a bunch of studies of defensive gun uses...I added them together and then averaged them...to get the 1.6 million times a year guns are used to stop violent criminal attack and save lives....the link to the break down of the studies is given as well...I just highlight the researchers, the year of the study, and the number they came up with.....
A quick guide to the studies and the numbers.....the full lay out of what was studied by each study is in the links....
GunCite-Gun Control-How Often Are Guns Used in Self-Defense
GunCite Frequency of Defensive Gun Use in Previous Surveys
Field...1976....3,052,717
DMIa 1978...2,141,512
L.A. TIMES...1994...3,609,68
Kleck...2.5 million
Obama's CDC....2013....500,000--3million
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Bordua...1977...1,414,544
DMIb...1978...1,098,409
Hart...1981...1.797,461
Mauser...1990...1,487,342
Gallup...1993...1,621,377
DEPT. OF JUSTICE...1994...1.5 million
Journal of Quantitative Criminology--- 989,883 times per year."
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Ohio...1982...771,043
Gallup...1991...777,152
Tarrance... 1994... 764,036
Lawerence Southwich Jr. 400,000 fewer violent crimes and at least 800,000 violent crimes deterred..
NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey)....108,000
Notice, the 3 different groupings of stats from the research listed so far.....not one of them approaches the NCVS number of 100,000.....