"`` ( 5 . ) We know for a fact that guns are used defensively 2.5 million times a year , as proven by Gary Kleck & # 8217 ; s very accurate study which made an estimate of between 800,000 and 2.45 million times a year ( a very narrow margin of error that is not statistically significant ) ."
"Even if the number of defensive uses is only 800,000 a year , that 's still a rate of more than 53 to 1 when compared to the number of homicides committed with a firearm ."
"a fact that guns are used defensively 2.5 million times"
"that 's still a rate of more than 53 to 1 when compared to the number of homicides committed with a firearm"