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Originally Posted by MSD
Last I checked, the homicide rate is 40000-50000 and the number of legitimate self-defense incidents reported to police was around 23000000.
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23 000 000 ?! that would result in every 13th american has used a gun in self defence. Have you asked your friends how many used their guns that way?
The number is more likely to be around 1.0 mio - 2 mio
different surveys range from 800,000 to 2.5 million
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html
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