Posted on 12/24/2017 6:51:51 AM PST by PROCON
Training for armed self-defense is like preparing for a natural disaster, according to the research of two Oregon State University professors.
The researchers set out to understand how Americans who keep and carry handguns for self-defense mitigate the risks involved, such as accidentally shooting oneself, inaccurately identifying a threat or being clumsy. The professors identified ways that handguns owners work to diminish those risks, including through training, mental rehearsing and routine maintenance.
The researchers determined that while those efforts mitigate the physical, legal and moral risks associated with using handguns for self-defense, it does not remove all risk.
“It’s sort of like preparing for an earthquake or a tsunami,” said Aimee Huff, as assistant professor in the College of Business and one of the study’s lead authors. “You can do your best to be prepared, but in the moment, if it happens, yes, you’re going to rely on your training but there’s also going to be a lot of thinking in the moment.”
Also, the stimuli in the event will probably be different than what the gun owner had trained for, said the study’s other lead author, Michelle Barnhart, an associate professor in the College of Business.
The study was published Monday in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research. OSU business professor James McAlexander and Brandon McAlexander of the University of Arkansas also are coauthors.
Focus on guns
According to a July report by the Crime Prevention Research Center, there are over 16.3 million concealed handgun permit holders in the United States. This was a record 1.83 million increase in permits over the previous year.
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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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