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citation needed

jakeogh 7y ago
(1995) Kleck & Gertz estimates of 2.5 million defensive gun uses per year: https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/Armed%20Resistance%20to%20Crime-%20The%20Prevalence%20and%20Nature%20of%20Self-Defe.pdf https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/Armed%20Resistance%20to%20C...
- minikites 7y ago
  https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people-use-guns-in-self-defense https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people... >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.
  - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
    Two numbers are similar. Obviously they must both be fictitious. Such a sound argument of the highest caliber. Or maybe it was just money laundering for an ad hominem.
    - minikites 7y ago
      There's a better estimate right there in the second sentence.
      - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
        There's an even better estimate in a response to your comment: (1997) 1.5M https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf
  - jakeogh 7y ago
    (1997) 1.5M https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf
  - sdinsn 7y ago
    I don't understand how people believing in alien abductions can be used to criticize gun ownership.
    - minikites 7y ago
      They're both beliefs that are unsupported by evidence: https://psmag.com/news/keeping-a-gun-at-home-can-mean-a-higher-risk-of-being-killed-there https://psmag.com/news/keeping-a-gun-at-home-can-mean-a-high... https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/good-guy-with-a-gun-myth-guns-increase-the-risk-of-homicide-accidents-suicide.html https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/good-guy-with-a-gun-myt...
    - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
      It's solid numerology. Like if you add up all the ASCII values for Bill Gates III, you get 666. /s

citation needed

(1995) Kleck & Gertz estimates of 2.5 million defensive gun uses per year: https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/Armed%20Resistance%20to%20Crime-%20The%20Prevalence%20and%20Nature%20of%20Self-Defe.pdf https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/Armed%20Resistance%20to%20C...

minikites 7y ago
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people-use-guns-in-self-defense https://www.npr.org/2018/04/13/602143823/how-often-do-people... >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.
- CompanionCuuube 7y ago
  Two numbers are similar. Obviously they must both be fictitious. Such a sound argument of the highest caliber. Or maybe it was just money laundering for an ad hominem.
  - minikites 7y ago
    There's a better estimate right there in the second sentence.
    - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
      There's an even better estimate in a response to your comment: (1997) 1.5M https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf
- jakeogh 7y ago
  (1997) 1.5M https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf
- sdinsn 7y ago
  I don't understand how people believing in alien abductions can be used to criticize gun ownership.
  - minikites 7y ago
    They're both beliefs that are unsupported by evidence: https://psmag.com/news/keeping-a-gun-at-home-can-mean-a-higher-risk-of-being-killed-there https://psmag.com/news/keeping-a-gun-at-home-can-mean-a-high... https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/good-guy-with-a-gun-myth-guns-increase-the-risk-of-homicide-accidents-suicide.html https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/good-guy-with-a-gun-myt...
  - CompanionCuuube 7y ago
    It's solid numerology. Like if you add up all the ASCII values for Bill Gates III, you get 666. /s