UPDATED: Cases where armed citizens have stopped active shooter incidents
(crimeresearch.org)
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Booger hook on bang switch….. Check.
Some stats (note: not sure of the accuracy, so take with a grain of salt)
US Murder Statistics
In 2020, there were 21,570 reported cases of murder or non-negligent manslaughter in the United States.
US Murder Statistics by Weapon Used
8,029 Handguns + 2,863 firearms = 10,892 involved guns
US Violent Crime Statistics
In 2020, an estimated 1,313,105 violent crimes occurred in the United States.
Foundation for Economic Education Statistics
According to the Foundation for Economic Education, guns prevent nearly 3 million crimes a year. Approximately 400,000 potentially life-threatening violent crimes are prevented annually with the use of firearms.
Let's say just 10% of that 400k would have actually resulted in a death (although I suspect that percentage is much higher) Then that is 40,000 lives saved per year
Not to mention deterrence:
60 percent of felons surveyed admitted they didn’t commit crimes if they were aware potential victims were armed. What’s more, 40 percent of the surveyed felons reported being discouraged from committing crimes if they simply suspected potential victims were armed.
Finally, it is not likely, and certainly not clear whether those 30 gun related homicides per day would otherwise not occur with some other weapon. Not to mention that the people committing those homicides are criminals and would ignore any gun laws anyways.
Sounds about right to me.
If anywhere these stats would be at crimeresearch.org which is John Lotts site.
The numbers are based on criminals committing crimes knowing a decent percentage of the population are armed and could fight back. If the population were basically unarmed, like Britain, do you think crime would go up or down? I believe the fact that we DO have the 2nd amendment means that crimes are less likely for that reason alone.
Very informative. My liberal brother in law once told me he never heard of a case where armed citizens stopped a shooter. The ignorance out there is astounding.
See here
Well to his defense the media gestapo does not allow self defense articles to be broadcast.
But with literally millions of them annually you’d think some would slip through the cracks.