Posted on 12/24/2017 6:51:51 AM PST by PROCON
In 98% of defensive gun uses (DGUs) a shot is not fired, meaning 98% of the time none of this “study” applies.
It also means that a mouse gun is as good as a cannon 98% of the time.
Fact: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every day. Most often, the gun is never fired and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.
Source: http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/7.1/Gun-Facts-7.1-screen.pdf, page 21.
Fact: A victim may have a strong reluctance to talk to a government agent about a firearm brandishing incident (which are 98% of DGUs) because they may not know the act was 100% legal.
Source: http://www.gunfacts.info/pdfs/gun-facts/7.1/Gun-Facts-7.1-screen.pdf, page 83.
In other words, the 98% number is probably low.
The only true way this could be researched...
Drop both off in VERY bad intercity neighborhoods at 1am (each in a different location). Arm one of them. Don’t arm the other.
Wait till morning for the results.
So, Baldrick, tell us about this ‘cunning plan’ of yours.
“Don’t all those gun-grabbers look the same?”
Maybe we’re missing a bet here.
People with Down’s syndrome are recognizable; maybe there’s another syndrome that we haven’t identified yet, that would involve mental impairment and a similar cast of features.
That would explain both the existence of gun grabbers and their resemblance to each other.
The university system seldom mimics the general population. Not in GA and likely not in Oregon either. Any BS coming out of a university is just that, BS.
I thank these two professors for opening my eyes in regards how I should protect myself, my family and my property. LOL!!!!!
>> Training for armed self-defense is like preparing for a natural disaster,
No doubt the founding premise for the study — and a bogus premise at that.
Kinda hard to stop a natural disaster with a gun.
Maybe their time and money would be better spent studying the risks of being UNARMED in a lethal situation...
Just sayin’...
Merry Christmas to all.
Merry Christmas!
L0L I was at the WALmart today and some sawed off 30 year old hispaninc guy goes off on this lanky tall 75 year old guy, lookin for blood
I Shouted “Knock it off! Its Christmas!”
It worked LOL Don’t make me stab ya LOL
Merry Christmas, brother... :^)
These two gals would faint dead away at the mere sight of a firearm.
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