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0 pointscowmoo7284y ago0 comments

It's exceptionally rare to shoot at criminals or even to use a gun in self defense. When a person in the United States purchases a gun, the three most likely occurrences where that gun will be used to shoot a human are:

1. suicide

2. murdering a romantic partner

3. murdering a stranger after an argument or while the owner is committing a crime

Harvard has a good site that summarizes current research on how guns are used in the United States.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-own...

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lliamander4y ago

Per the CDC, defensive gun uses are estimated in the hundreds of thousands per year. It is not "exceptionally" rare to use a gun for self defense (even if actually killing someone with a gun in self-defense is relatively rare).

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