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From your study...
"Determine the relative frequency with which guns in the home are used to injure or kill in self-defense, compared with the number of times these weapons are involved in an unintentional injury, suicide attempt, or criminal assault or homicide."
Note ""Injure" or "kill"
From Kleck and Gertz, "Armed Resistance to Crime," at 173, 185
2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, the overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers. Less than 8% of the time, a citizen will kill or wound his/her
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'Never ending security threats...' Final Diary Entry:C. Stevens 9/11/12
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