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I'm just going to sound more callous and clarify that I didn't mean mass shootings just the kind of robberies shown in the article.
by badcppdev 4y ago
I'm just going to sound more callous and clarify that I didn't mean mass shootings just the kind of robberies shown in the article.
- CharlesW 4y agoFWIW I don't think you sound callous at all. To clarify my response, the data I shared on mass shootings ("mass" being >3 people) is just meant to illustrate that the "good guy with a gun" scenario is very rare. As another data point, a Harvard University analysis of a National Crime Victimization Survey concludes that people defended themselves with a gun in almost 0.9% of crimes from 2007–2011: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0091743515001188 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00917...
- badcppdev 4y agoThat survey is almost the answer to my question so thank you for linking to it. Guns were used in self defence in 0.9% of crimes where the victim of the crime was present. It doesn't state whether the gun was fired or not but given the low percentages of a gun being involved at all I guess there aren't many 'bad guys' being shot (or shot at).