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Despite the numbers of times that the million moms and the Brady Campaign people tell us that happens (evil criminals disarming and then killing poor hapless homeowners with their own guns), it basically really DOESN'T. That's one of the Myths ...
"According to FL State Univ. criminologist Gary Kleck, US Citizens use guns to defend themselves from criminals about 1 million times per year. In 98% of those cases, no shots are fired. The criminal flees at the mere sight of the gun. Citizens only have to shoot their attackers in only 2% of the cases. In only 1% of defensive gun uses do attackers manage to take the gun away from the victim."
(From The Seven Myths of Gun Control - Richard Poe (2001))
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