How Many DGUs Are There? Further Explanation

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7. I gave you the link to the FBI's UCR site.

If you don't like the numbers, take it up with the FBI.

Please note that I said "about six million". So here are the exact totals for 2010, Violent crime: 1,246,248, Property crime: 9,082,887
That is a total of 10,329,135 violent or property crimes in 2010. My figure of six million was off considerably. There was much more property crime than I thought.

That is reported crime. There are many more violent crimes and property crimes that aren't reported. With that many crimes, and between 8 to 10 million armed citizens carrying guns, and about half the nation's households having guns at home, it is reasonable to conclude that there would be a lot of criminal attempts that get aborted by the criminal when he discovers that his victim is armed.

If only 1% of criminal attempts encounter a legally armed citizen, either at home or in public, that still yields over 100,000 DGUs.

Here is the link to the FBI UCR table: http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/StatebyState.cfm