Guns in America: For every criminal killed in self-defense, 34 innocent people die

[AtheistCrusader]

16. What a lie.

"The challenge to that argument is that, data show, guns are rarely used in self-defense -- especially relative to the rate at which they're used in criminal homicides or suicides."

They are rarely used to KILL in self defense. But they are used a lot. Upwards of 60-100k per year.

And I wouldn't characterize suicides as 'innocent'. The antonym, guilty, isn't correct either, as neither concepts apply. Suicide is a choice one makes about their own life, there is no 'victim' in that sense.

"8.9 million violent victimizations"

"Victim self-defense

Between 1993 and 2001, about 61% of all victims of violent
crime reported taking a self-defensive measure during the
incident.

Most used nonaggressive means, such as trying to escape,
getting help, or attempting to scare off or warn the
offender. About 13% of victims of violent crime tried to
attack or threaten the offender. About 2% of victims of
violent crime used a weapon to defend themselves; half of
these, about 1% of violent crime victims, brandished a
firearm."

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/ascii/wuvc01.txt

Tell me, what's 1% of 8.9 million?