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In reply to the discussion: Pic Of The Moment: So Much For Self Defense [View all]Alva Goldbook
(149 posts)...it means that there would be 4.7 million DSU's. However, the Justice Dept. set that data aside as unreliable, and came up with the figure of 1.5 million. Dr. Kleck of Florida University helped design this method, and he used multiple questions that had to be internally consistent in order to include that person's data. It was designed to make it difficult to fabricate a story.
It sounds to me that you're taking Dr. Hemenway's word as Gospel. He's the criminologist who's used the NCVS survey, when it seems that every one of his peers has abandoned it's use when determining DSU's. Kleck explained what was wrong with the NCVS here.
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html
Some more interesting reading here.
http://www.saf.org/LawReviews/KleckAndGertz2.htm