in defense during a crime incident 64,615 times annually (258,460 times total over the whole period).[McDowall] This equates to two times out of 1,000 incidents (0.2%) that occurred in this period.[McDowall] For violent crimes, assault, robbery, and rape, guns were used 0.83% of the time in self-defense.[McDowall] Of the times that guns were used in self-defense, 71% of the crimes were committed by strangers, with the rest of the incidents evenly divided between offenders that were acquaintances or persons well known to the victim.[McDowall] In 28% of incidents where a gun was used for self-defense, victims shot at the offender.[McDowall] In 20% of the self-defense incidents, the guns were used by police officers.[McDowall] During this same period, 1987 to 1990, there were 46,319 gun homicides,[FBI] and the National Crime Victimization Survey estimated that 2,628,532 nonfatal crimes involving guns occurred.[McDowall] Probably "Hundreds of thousands of times". The report does not cover self defense uses where the self defense gun was not fired. If the robber saw you with the gun and ran, that would not have been counted. I do not care whether it rains or not.May I use your pen? I am afraid that l have to go.He is crazy about Crazy EnglishShe has been collecting stamps.I guess I could come overI guess I could come overKeep your temper under control.What's up? He invited me to dinner yesterday.