Women are abused 2 million to 4 million times per year. This is particularly important to women, children, the elderly, the handicapped, the weak, and the infirm, those who are most vulnerable to vicious male predators. The most meaningful conclusion from this study, the conclusion missed by Kellermann and Mercy, is the tremendous restraint shown by women, that they kill so few of their contemptible abusers.
Women are justified in concluding that guns are the most effective and safest tools of self-defense.
Catchy ratios and contrived comparisons detract from the public debate and are little consolation to the brutalized victims or their grieving survivors.