Originally Posted by
Schwinnrider
Your assertion re: the numbers are wrong. According to the studies done by Professor Gary Kleck at Florida State University, armed citizens use firearms to defend themselves/prevent crime TWO MILLION TIMES A YEAR.
This study has been poorly received at best and nearly all criticism describes the study and data as totally implausible. It comes from telephone survey where respondants reported their own behavior. That same survey reported that 200,000 ppl claim to have shot someone in self defense, yet hospitals treat only 100,000 gsws per year.
Suppostions based on burglary attempts and actual police records in Atlanta, when extrapolated reveal a number close to 20,000.
There are only 6m burglaries / year and only 1.3 million are home at the time. Of those only 41% own weapons. The 2.5m figure is impossible.
I can go on and on. The 2.5m number is a joke.