CDC Study: Use of Firearms for Self-Defense is ‘Important Crime Deterrent.’

[RicInOR]

July 17, 2013

CDC Study: Use of Firearms for Self-Defense is 'Important Crime Deterrent.' "The $10 million study was commissioned by President Barack Obama as part of 23 executive orders.

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[cigars]

The Gucking Fovenor needs to read that.

 

[Kruel J]

Who'd a thunk it?

 

[Joe13]

I'd have given them that answer for half the price if they had just asked me....

 

[bbbass]

Not the first CDC study on firearms... I think as a general principle they are the wrong folks to do those types of studies.

 

[tourproto]

This is a great quote that you will never hear from mainstream media, but should be added to the other thread where the OP was asking for good datapoints to share with non-pro-gun friends.

"almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year."

 

[CountryGent]

Thanks CDC. Some folks figured this out pretty early in our nation's history ...

"The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property." — Thomas Paine (1775)​

 

[bbbass]

Yeah, but he's an OLD guy!!

 

[slimmer13]

If it only saves one life.....