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NJHoo

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I thought this comment was especially telling


"In fact, Cook told The Washington Post that the percentage of people who told Kleck they used a gun in self-defense is similar to the percentage of Americans who said they were abducted by aliens. The Post notes that "a more reasonable estimate" of self-defense gun uses equals about 100,000 annually, according to the NCVS data."

I'm sure that people do use guns to protect themselves sometimes. But, self-reporting to an anonymous telephone survey of 5,000+, and them projecting it nationally without digging into what is behind a positive response can be misleading.

I'm sure George Zimmerman would say he had used a gun in valid self-defense when he killed the kid, and the Florida guy who gunned down a teenager at a 7-11 because he didn't like the loud music would have given a positive response.

(In response to this post by Beerman)

Posted: 04/25/2018 at 11:46AM



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CDC gun study in 90's: > 2 million defense uses a year -- HokieDan95 04/25/2018 09:56AM
  Very reasonable. The only way to really reduce -- Cold Hoober Hoo 04/25/2018 3:19PM
  I fully agree with that -- NJHoo 04/25/2018 1:52PM
  Well at least 95 hooked ONE fish today ** -- 111Balz 04/25/2018 12:21PM
  About 150 times a day per state? -- Shenhoo 04/25/2018 12:17PM
  NRA had its biggest fund raising month ever -- TomKazanski 04/25/2018 12:14PM
  Wonder if some from Russia again. ** -- KCHoo 04/25/2018 12:56PM
  The article linked within yours is more interesting -- Beerman 04/25/2018 11:07AM

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