Reply #81: I find that estimate very hard to believe.

[louis-t]

It is rhetoric that the NRA has spewed for years. First it was 1 million, then it was 2 million, then it was 1.9, then 2.9 million times a year that people "defend" themselves with a weapon. Then they added "most of the time without even firing a shot!" What situations are they including in their "estimates". No estimated statistic is going to reasure me of anything. I know a lot of people who have CCW, I know dozens of people who have kept guns in their homes for years, and not one has ever mentioned using that weapon to defend themselves. I know a few people who have had guns stolen. I also witnessed an uncle almost get shot by my father when he entered our home at night while we were asleep. He was invited to sleep over after working late and my father forgot. I still say the chances of someone ever using that weapon to "defend" themself is miniscule compared to the chance of someone being hurt, killed, or the gun being stolen and used to kill someone else. Just sayin'.