DU lost its mind after the Zimmerman verdict

[Lee-Lee]

141. Interesting page

I had to dig a bit to find the actual papers to find statistics and methodology, since they don't give you specifics, just present their interpretations of the data in a very vauge fashion.

The first one was the author simply stating that another study, one done by Gary Kleck, overstated how many people use a gun to defend themselves annually.

It is interesting to note two things about the study- first is that if you accept that the study you cited is 100% correct, and in their attempt to minimize the number of people who use guns for defense, even they admit there are 200,000 times a year people use guns defensively. Second, it was done by a researcher with a known bias and close ties to gun control advocacy groups, so it is not very impartial.

200,000 people legitimately using guns for self defense a year is not a small thing. And this figure, remember, is the LOWEST of all the studies, some put it much higher at 2+ million. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle of all that- but even if you accept the lowest number from a researcher with very close ties to the gun control advocacy groups it gives a number that is sizable number and nothing to dismiss.