FBI stats
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According to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) in 2000, 533,470 victims of serious violent crimes (rape and
sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) stated that they faced an offender with a firearm.
Victimizations involving a firearm represented 8% of the 6.3 million violent crimes of rape and sexual assault, robbery,
and aggravated and simple assault.
The FBI's Crime in the United States estimated that 66% of the 15,517 murders in 2000 were committed with firearms.
According to the 1997 Survey of State Prison Inmates, among those possessing a gun, the source of the gun was from -
a flea market or gun show for fewer than 2%
a retail store or pawnshop for about 12%
family, friends, a street buy, or an illegal source for 80%
533,470 victims of serious violent crimes (rape and sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) How many of the 100,000 women that were raped were ccw holders, and were carrying a handgun at the time? Betcha it is close to ZERO! Rape is a "preventable" crime, and was never widespread in america until the 1900's, when women stopped wanting to defend themselves.