Guns used in self defense

Here is a really interesting blog post about guns used in self defense.

Some of my favorite quotes:

The majority of incidents (52%) took place in the home. Next most common locale (32%) was in a business. Incidents took place in public places in 9% of reports and 7% occurred in or around vehicles. The most common initial crimes were armed robbery (32%), home invasion (30%), and burglary (18%).

So home, work, or around your car will account for over 90% of the places you are likely to be attacked. Robbery, home invasion, or burglary will account for 80% of the attempted crimes.

Reloading was required in only 3 incidents. One of those involved killing an escaped lion with a .32 caliber revolver, which was eventually successful after 13 shots.

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

The most common responses of criminals upon being shot were to flee immediately or expire. With few exceptions, criminals ceased their advances immediately upon being shot.

More of them need to "expire."


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