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In reply to the discussion: Just a word of warning. [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)And we'll never know.
But by the same token, justifiable homicides have tripled in Florida the last few years, which means that dozens of people a year are saving themselves by killing their attackers.
The corollary to this is that for each person who kills in self-defense there are maybe 4 or 5 that wound their attackers, and dozens more that used a gun without causing injury (either they missed, or they didn't pull the trigger).
I do know that despite record sales of guns and ammunition since Obama was elected, despite guns being more reliable than ever, despite ammunition being more deadly than ever, despite magazine capacities going up, despite per-capita gun ownership at all-time highs... the homicide rate has been dipping steadily downwards after the big plunge from 1991-2002 (or so).