This means that each year, firearms are used more than 60 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. Of the 2.5 million self-defense cases, as many as 200,000 are by women defending themselves against sexual abuse. Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, the overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers.
Handguns are the weapon of choice for self-defense.
Citizens use handguns to protect themselves over 1.9 million times a year. Cybercast News Service. The latest versions are available from the respective companies web sites.