re: #281 SanFranciscoZionist

Has this study been vetted?
“here are only about 108,000 incidents of self-defense with a firearm annually, according to the 1994 National Crime Victimization Survey.”

Use of guns for defense often goes unreported in the news. Unless shots are fired and somebody gets hit, it fails to make the cut. Quite often just the sight of a gun ends the attack. That’s how it worked for me many years ago. An angry man was destroying everything on my front porch, trying to force his way into my place. My wife called 911 and I pulled out my shotgun and I loudly racked a round into it. I yelled at the man that if he kicked in the door I would shoot him. He stopped trying to get in and went away to be arrested later. It was night that took LAPD an hour to arrive. About 58 minutes after my threat ran the bastard off.

But let me admit the % is extremely low as compared to gun ownership. It might (wild guess) be similar ratio to the number of lightning rods compared to lightning strikes on the rods.

What I might object to is a low number being used to say it’s not worth allowing them. Who makes that decision? I would say we do as qualified individuals. Make your own personal choice and act with great responsibility in any and every case. Technology is making it cheap and easy to go with cameras and alarms. For many people that’s the best choice. No gun.