Perhaps a better number might be the proportion of homicides due to DGUs --
various sources (Kleck, Time magazine) have suggested that the FBI under
reports justified/excusable homicides at around 3% of homicides when it is more
likely around 13%.
Knowing this number state by state might
Which brings up a question for which I have never found a reasonable answer.
Kleck's compiled a number of media and criminological surveys and,
aggregated, they were about 2.5M DGUs a year. Yet the National Crime
Victimization Survey comes up with much smaller numbers.
The only critique I
Strong reluctance to talk to a government agent about a brandishing
incident (which 98% are) which has not been reported to the police (in most
instances) and the victim almost certainly doesn't know is 100% legal. If
the President will lie so will his lowest level hirelings. Remember they
call
One criticism is that the gun-use questions are never asked unless the
interviewee first indicates that he has been a victim of a crime. If you
have successfully AVOIDED being victimized by a criminal by employing your
firearm, you are likely not to consider yourself a victim.
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