Subject: Re: Want To Protect Your Family?
>>Probably true because some are likely not reported. Like when the criminal just backs off and runs away once he sees his intended victim is armed.<<

You misunderstand. The figure is way too high, not too low. Like, ridiculously well-over-an-order-of-magnitude too high. It's a fiction - it can't possibly be right, because it would yield results that are utterly inconsistent (ie. vastly too high) with every other measure of crime.

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I know this is not as reliable as Fox News but it's the best I could find.

Per the Heritage Foundation....

All of the law-abiding citizens featured in this database successfully defended their liberties, lives, or livelihoods with the lawful use of a firearm. These cases are not based on hearsay, but on verifiable reports found through public sources.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost every major study on defensive gun use has found that Americans use their firearms defensively between 500,000 and 3 million times each year. There's good reason to believe that most defensive gun uses are never reported to law enforcement, much less picked up by local or national media outlets.

This database, therefore, is not intended to be comprehensive. Instead, it highlights just a fraction of the incredible number of times Americans relied on the Second Amendment'not the government getting there in time'to protect their inalienable rights. Despite the limitations on data, these confirmed cases of defensive gun use help prove that the 'good guy with a gun' is not a myth, but an integral part of American society.