With all of the statistics and claims made about gun ownership, no one has mentioned the huge number of people SAVED through the defensive use of a gun each year. You'll never read about it in the main stream media but there have been several studies done that indicate numbers between 500,000 and 2,000,000 per year in the US. Here's an excerpt from just one, a CDC study ordered by Obama in Jan 2013: “Defensive uses of guns by crime victims is a common occurrence, although the exact number remains disputed (Cook and Ludwig, 1996; Kleck, 2001a),” the study reads. “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 (Kleck, 2001a), in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008 (BJS, 2010).” Guns are a tool, a great way to level the playing field that allows the weak and small to defend themselves from the thugs. Remember, the courts have stated numerous times that the police have no duty to protect you.
Safe driving, AT From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> Subject: Re: [MBZ] N Date: September 10, 2014 8:38:57 AM PDT To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>, Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> *U.S. vs. The World* *"Last year, handguns killed 48 people in Japan, 8 in Great Britain, 34 in Switzerland, 52 in Canada, 58 in Israel, 21 in Sweden, 42 in West Germany and 10,728 in the United States."* (Half True <http://www.politifact.com/rhode-island/statements/2012/dec/23/facebook-posts/facebook-posting-handgun-deaths-has-out-date-numbe/>) The numbers are wildly out of date. They also omit important context, such as population size. But the odds of being murdered by a gun in the United States is far in excess of the risk in the listed countries. More quick google research so take it for what it is worth, but this site says the odds are much greater in the USA than in Canada. RB who knows lots of people that he would not want to see carrying a gun _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
