Gunfight or Flee: New Study Finds No Advantages to Using a Firearm in Self-Defense Situations

thetrace.org ^ | 7/14/2015 | Evan Defilippis and Devin Hughes

[rktman]

Contrary to what many gun advocates argue, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) data reveals that having a gun provides no statistically significant benefit to a would-be victim during a criminal confrontation.

[rktman]

DOH! Well that pretty much wraps it up for me. If all my firearms hadn't been lost in that canoe accident, by golly I'd be headed to Rancho Cucamonga to have 'em all made in to rebar.

[Sans-Culotte]

[MeganC]

Looks like law enforcement can give up their guns since they’re so useless!!!

[MeshugeMikey]

Im guessing there website went online during William Clinton’s ....administration

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=245

[cripplecreek]

Paris Ainsworth was shot 4 times and still returned fire hitting 2 of 3 attackers, one of them twice.

[Fiddlstix]

You too, huh? The same thing happened to me.

[mrsmel]

There are so many would-have-been victims of violent criminals, who were stopped by a citizen exercising his Second Amendment right, who would beg to disagree. We haven’t touched the ocean of such stories (verified) just in the many which have repeated on Free Republic.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Looks like law enforcement can give up their guns since they’re so useless!!!”

LMAO!

[Darteaus94025]

Well, now we know.

So, I don’t see why cops should not be disarmed immediately, since:
1) It gets hundreds of thousands of guns off the street - TODAY, and
2) Since it is now known that, statistically speaking, guns don’t help them in a gunfight.

[tet68]

If I brought them a bunch of rebar do you think
I could get them to make me a firearm?

[rktman]

How silly. We found out through dauntless research* that the Koch brothers paid her to say this stuff and it never really happened. Right?

*Sources and results not provided. Trust us.

[WinMod70]

Any mention of the margin of error in this study? (I’m not reading it.)

[NFHale]

When THEY do, I will.

Until then... eh... no.

[John S Mosby]

As is said in the medical research field— “a statistical outcome of less than 1% is STILL 100% to any one individual so affected by a “side effect”.”

This “study” ignores the 100% result of efficacy in the successful conduct of self defence with a firearm— which kills or stops the attacker.

I0W the article is total utter BS.

[GoneSalt]

Point a gun at the researcher and say “rob me”.

Does this fool get a grant?

“Give me your damn money.”

[DesertRhino]

It may or may not be true for the collective overall. But the problem is that self defense is a VERY personal moment.
No matter what the masses may or may not be capable of, it all comes down to one person, standing alone in a hotel room, as a crack addled invader decides to shoot you,,,,

Is that individual supposed to forgo the tool he or she is skilled with, and that could save HIS and his wifes life? Is he supposed to forgo that because its better for the collective?

Defense of your life is not something to be judged in the collective, it is a collection of very lonely moments. One unique individual with a face and a name, and a right to try to save their own life.

It has always been, and will always be.

[Lazamataz]

The Justice Department, to which this group is attached, is 100% believable, and has never cut corners or fudged data. Eric Holder is a man of impeccable virtue! Never has been censured by Congress! Never has been caught shipping guns to Mexico! Never has refused any information when requested by Congress.

You should only bring this report to a gunfight.

[rktman]

LOL! There are no errors in these type “studies”. It would do us well to remember that. :>}

[ichabod1]

Disarm the NYPD?

[Las Vegas Ron]

There are so many would-have-been victims of violent criminals, who were stopped by a citizen exercising his Second Amendment right, who would beg to disagree.

I bet half the people who defend them selves with a weapon never report it.

Depending on the circumstance I would likely keep quiet about it, especially as far as law enforcement is concerned.