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How are guns being
used by citizens
in America each year?
= homicide + accident + suicide 1 = self defense 2
Every year, guns are used over 80x more often to protect a life than to take one!*
270 Million 200,000 3/5
APPROX. # OF CIVILIAN TIMES A YEAR WOMEN USE A POLLED FELONS SAY THEY
FIREARMS IN AMERICA 3 GUN TO DEFEND AGAINST WON’T MESS WITH AN ARMED
SEXUAL ABUSE 4 VICTIM 5
Gun Ownership
Vs Crime
an international perspective
Highest Gun Highest Intentional
Ownership Rate Homicide Rate
PER 100 RESIDENTS 6 PER 100,000 RESIDENTS 7
88.8 91.6
USA HONDURAS
54.8 69.2
YEMEN EL SALVADOR
45.7 56.9
SWITZERLAND CÔTE D'IVOIRE
45.3 52.2
FINLAND JAMAICA
A recent study published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy concluded
that there is a negative correlation between gun ownership and violent crime
in countries internationally (more guns = less crime).
Nations with strict gun control laws have substantially higher murder rates
than those who do not in general. In fact, the 9 European nations with the
lowest gun ownership rate have a combined murder rate 3x that of the 9
4.8
USA
European nations with the highest gun ownership rate! 8
UNITED KINGDOM
CASE STUDY
“Most violent country in EU” 9
vs
POSSESSION OF HANDGUNS 2,034 VIOLENT CRIMES 466 VIOLENT CRIMES
IS ILLEGAL PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN UK** 9 PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN USA 9
In the decade following the Labor party's election Kitchen knives are being used in as many
and banning of handguns in 1997, the number of as half of all stabbings in the United
recorded violent attacks soared by 77% to 1.2 Kingdom and has prompted a group of
million in '07- or more than 2 attacks every doctors to call for a ban on long pointed
minute! 9 kitchen knives. 10
Concealed Carry
in America
An analysis of the FBI crime statistics found that states that adopted
concealed carry laws REDUCED: 11
8.5% 5% 7% 3%
Murders Rapes Aggravated Assaults Robberies
With just one exception, every public mass shooting in the USA
since 1950 has taken place where citizens are banned from
carrying guns. Despite strict gun regulations, Europe has had 3 of
the worst 6 school shootings. 12
POLICE ARMED CITIZEN
794,300 80,000,000
total police officers 13 gun owning citizens 17
11% 2%
error rate 14 error rate 14
14.3 2.3
avg. deaths of a shooting avg. deaths of a shooting
rampage stopped by police 15 rampage stopped by a citizen 15
606 1,527
criminals killed each year 16 criminals killed each year 16
In 1982, Kennesaw, Georgia passed a law requiring heads of
households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The
residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in
Kennesaw, compared to just 10.4% drop in Georgia as a
whole. 18
89% Drop
Today, the violent crime rate in Kennesaw is still 85% lower IN BURGLARIES AFTER
than Georgia's or the national average. 19 MANDATORY GUN LAW
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* Based upon Kleck & Gertz estimates of 2.5 million defensive gun uses per year (see source #2). A similar study in 1994 under President Clinton (Source) found this number to be 1.5 million, which would
result in guns being used over 47x more often to defend a life than to take one.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 436,000 crimes were committed with a firearm in 2008 (Source). This would mean guns are used 5.7 or 3.4 times (using Kleck or Clinton respectively) more
often to defend against a crime than to commit one.
** Comparing violent crime between two countries can sometimes be difficult as each nation defines it differently.
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