Assertion: gun | /r/ObjectUse | used for self-defense
Facets:
value: between 2.1-2.5 million
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In 28% of incidents where a gun was used for self-defense, victims fired the gun at the offender.
text: 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.
text: In the 1990s, when violent crime rates were much higher, Kleck and Marc Gertz found guns were used for self-protection between 2.1-2.5 million times annually.30
text: Even anti-gun Clinton researchers concede that guns are used 1.5 million times annually for self-defense.
text: Even anti-gun Clinton researchers concede that guns are used 1.5 million times annually for self-defense.