One of the difficult things to quantify about defensive gun uses, is how often they occur without a shot being fired. The survey information indicates that it happens somewhere between a few hundred thousand to a few million times per year in the United States. With the Internet, we are becoming more aware of these events. Sometimes, they are reported in local media. It in the vast majority of cases, there is no report to police; if there is a police report, there is no media coverage; if there is media coverage, it is strictly local. …read more

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