Because sometimes the truth hurts, we don't care if they choke on it.
#4 - Good guys with guns, never stop bad guys with guns.
Totally 100% wrong. This claim was put out on the internet with zero data to back it up. I have even heard politicians repeat it is. But it's a bold faced lie. In fact, it probably happens millions of times each year.
How do I know that? Well the FBI reports that on average, 70,000 people shoot a bad guy each year. That bad guy ends up with a bullet in him thanks to the good guy. And these are regular people. Not cops. The bad guy either went to jail, or ended up dead due to his injuries. 70,000 times each year.
BUT WAIT! That number starts getting much bigger when we add in the number of times the good guy didn't actually shoot the bad guy. Or sometimes you just show the bad guy the gun, and he runs away. Sometimes the cops are never called when that happens. That has happened to me twice. I had guys with knives threaten me and demand my money. I showed them my gun. They ran away. I never called the cops.
NOW how big is that number?
The National Crime Victimization Survey says 108,000. Many don't like this number because it does not actually ask victims about defensive use of guns. That number is "derived" from the rest of their answers.
The Kleck Survey asks specifically, "Have you ever defended yourself using a firearm?" That number gives us 4,500,000. - 4.5 MILLION!
And yet another survey just counts news stories and headlines each year. That number is 2,500,000. - 2.5 MILLION!
THE TRUTH: No matter what number you decide to go with, way - WAY - WAAAAAYYY more people defend themselves with a gun, than are ever harmed by a gun.
How do I know that? Well the FBI reports that on average, 70,000 people shoot a bad guy each year. That bad guy ends up with a bullet in him thanks to the good guy. And these are regular people. Not cops. The bad guy either went to jail, or ended up dead due to his injuries. 70,000 times each year.
BUT WAIT! That number starts getting much bigger when we add in the number of times the good guy didn't actually shoot the bad guy. Or sometimes you just show the bad guy the gun, and he runs away. Sometimes the cops are never called when that happens. That has happened to me twice. I had guys with knives threaten me and demand my money. I showed them my gun. They ran away. I never called the cops.
NOW how big is that number?
The National Crime Victimization Survey says 108,000. Many don't like this number because it does not actually ask victims about defensive use of guns. That number is "derived" from the rest of their answers.
The Kleck Survey asks specifically, "Have you ever defended yourself using a firearm?" That number gives us 4,500,000. - 4.5 MILLION!
And yet another survey just counts news stories and headlines each year. That number is 2,500,000. - 2.5 MILLION!
THE TRUTH: No matter what number you decide to go with, way - WAY - WAAAAAYYY more people defend themselves with a gun, than are ever harmed by a gun.
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