Now, lets see a few statistics.
The rate of Defensive Gun Uses can be projected nationwide to approximately 2.5 million per year
There is a defensive gun use every 13 seconds.
15.7% of attacks someone would be likely to have died if the gun had been not used for protection.
In 83.5% of these successful gun defenses, the attacker either threatened or used force first
In 73.4% of these gun-defense incidents, the attacker was a stranger to the intended victim.
In over half of these gun defense incidents, the defender was facing two or more attackers and three or more attackers in over a quarter of these cases.
In 79.7% of these gun defenses, the defender used a concealable handgun.
A quarter of the gun defenses occured in places away from the defender's home.
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