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6. Which is as silly as assuming the only defensive uses are "justifiable homicides"

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 03:44 PM

Apr 2013

There are fewer killings than woundings, fewer woundings than discharges with no-one hit, and fewer discharges than brandishings.

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Guns are Rarely Used to Kill Criminals or Stop Crimes New VPC Analysis Reveals [View all] Tx4obama Apr 2013 OP

I dunno? 237,000 defensive uses of firearms? Recursion Apr 2013 #1

Good analysis badtoworse Apr 2013 #2

So WILDLY Wrong it's laughable. Alva Goldbook Apr 2013 #3

LOL. NRA talking points strike again! DanTex Apr 2013 #5

Are there any truly unbiased studies on this? Stretch714 Apr 2013 #8

sometimes the truth is biased noiretextatique Apr 2013 #9

Why not use a more unbiased group of statistics? derby378 Apr 2013 #10