They Said Biden Wouldn’t Come for Our Guns. The Plan Says Otherwise.

[Jarlaxle]

Well, Jake, here you go.

Copilot

The claim that there are 2.5 million defensive gun uses (DGUs) per year in the U.S. originates from a 1995 study by criminologist Dr. Gary Kleck of Florida State University

This figure has been widely cited by pro-gun advocates to support the right to carry firearms for self-defense.

Key Points:​

• Kleck’s Study: Based on a 1993 telephone survey of nearly 5,000 adults, Kleck estimated between 2.1 and 2.5 millionDGUs annually
• Definition of DGU: The study counted incidents where a gun was used defensively against a person (not an animal), even if it was not fired—such as brandishing or verbal threats.
• Criticism: Other researchers, including those behind the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), have challenged this number. The NCVS estimates only about 60,000–100,000DGUs per year
• Government Data: A 1997 U.S. Department of Justice report estimated 1.5 millionDGUs annually, but this figure has also been criticized as an overestimate and does not confirm that lives were saved
  

Summary:​

• The 2.5 million figure is based on one influential but controversial study.
• Estimates vary widely, from 60,000 to 2.5 million, depending on methodology.
• There is no consensus among researchers or government agencies on the exact number.

Stop talking at yourself, Fakey.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Yes, malarkey, and they are 95% police pulls not civilians.

Stop talking at yourself, Fakey.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Yes, malarkey, and they are 95% police pulls not civilians.

You still have not and will not back that claim up, Jake.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

You still have not and will not back that claim up, Jake.

Already have, Jake.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Already have, Jake.

Now you lie some more, Fakey.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Now you lie some more, Fakey.

Bring it, Fakey.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Not everyone is a supporter of domestic terrorism and school shootings.

Just the Democrats.
Absent mass/school shootings, they cannot push their mindless anti-gun agenda.

 

[alang1216]

Just the Democrats.
Absent mass/school shootings, they cannot push their mindless anti-gun agenda.

So what is your answer to the mass/school shootings?

 

[M14 Shooter]

So what is your answer to the mass/school shootings?

Improve static defenses, and watch over them with fire.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Bring it, Fakey.

Polly wanna cracker?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Polly wanna cracker?

Bring it, Jakey.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Bring it, Jakey.

You can drop the act, everyone who reads your posts has figured out whose sock you are by now.

 

[M14 Shooter]

You can drop the act, everyone who reads your posts has figured out whose sock you are by now.

And likely have him on ignore (hint hint)

 

[westwall]

I have seen guns kill a President
Martin Luther King
Sandy Hook
Parkland
Churches, Supermarkets, malls…..

And don't forget the tens of millions of people governments have murdered with THEIR guns.

Millions of people who wouldn't have died had they the ability to fight back.

 

[hadit]

Well, Jake, here you go.

Copilot

The claim that there are 2.5 million defensive gun uses (DGUs) per year in the U.S. originates from a 1995 study by criminologist Dr. Gary Kleck of Florida State University

This figure has been widely cited by pro-gun advocates to support the right to carry firearms for self-defense.

Key Points:​

• Kleck’s Study: Based on a 1993 telephone survey of nearly 5,000 adults, Kleck estimated between 2.1 and 2.5 millionDGUs annually
• Definition of DGU: The study counted incidents where a gun was used defensively against a person (not an animal), even if it was not fired—such as brandishing or verbal threats.
• Criticism: Other researchers, including those behind the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), have challenged this number. The NCVS estimates only about 60,000–100,000DGUs per year
• Government Data: A 1997 U.S. Department of Justice report estimated 1.5 millionDGUs annually, but this figure has also been criticized as an overestimate and does not confirm that lives were saved

Summary:​

• The 2.5 million figure is based on one influential but controversial study.
• Estimates vary widely, from 60,000 to 2.5 million, depending on methodology.
• There is no consensus among researchers or government agencies on the exact number.

It is right that a DGU does not have to involve the gun being fired. If the potential victim lets it be known they are armed and the threatening assailant departs the scene, leaving them unharmed, it is a DGU.

 

[rightwinger]

And don't forget the tens of millions of people governments have murdered with THEIR guns.

Millions of people who wouldn't have died had they the ability to fight back.

How many Americans have our government killed?
The second amendment has never kept us free

 

[alang1216]

Improve static defenses, and watch over them with fire.

So you'd be willing to pay for guards at the door, metal detectors, and IDs for each child and teacher?

 

[M14 Shooter]

So you'd be willing to pay for guards at the door, metal detectors, and IDs for each child and teacher?

We already pay for much of this.

 

[M14 Shooter]

It is right that a DGU does not have to involve the gun being fired. If the potential victim lets it be known they are armed and the threatening assailant departs the scene, leaving them unharmed, it is a DGU.

Correct.
The number of people killed in a defensive gun use in no way indicates the number of times a gun is used defensively.

 

[Failzero]

Democrats are the real Gun Grabbers