Wednesday, September 22, 2021

There Are Far More Defensive Gun Uses Than Murders in America

By Dr. John Lott

Here's Why You Rarely Hear of Them...

While Americans know that guns take many innocent lives every year, many don’t know that firearms also save them. There are nearly 1,000 instances reported by the media so far this year in which gun owners have stopped mass shootings and other murderous acts, saving countless lives. And crime experts say such high-profile cases represent only a small fraction of the instances in which guns are used defensively. But the data are unclear, for a number of reasons, and this has political ramifications because it seems to undercut the claims of gun rights advocates that they need to possess firearms for personal protection - an issue now before the Supreme Court. [more...]

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