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Re: "Guns rarely used for self-defense in US"

Post by mahna » 29 Jun 2015, 2:40 pm

It's a bugger you can't quantify the incidents it stops from happening completely by the deterrent factor.

I won't make a guess but I bet it's high.
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Re: "Guns rarely used for self-defense in US"

Post by Title_II » 29 Jun 2015, 11:25 pm

mahna wrote:It's a bugger you can't quantify the incidents it stops from happening completely by the deterrent factor.

I won't make a guess but I bet it's high.


We have a good idea where it lies. The range is pretty broad but we know it's probably around 500,000 to 2 million.
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Re: "Guns rarely used for self-defense in US"

Post by Herdsman » 01 Jul 2015, 11:45 am

Even at the low end, clear winner
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