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Human101948

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2. Gun lovers prefer the CDC report claiming it is more accurate...
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 07:08 AM
Jun 2015

“Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year … in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008,” says the report.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2013/06/handguns_suicides_mass_shootings_deaths_and_self_defense_findings_from_a.html


Of course it only has a margin of error of plus or minus 2,500,000 but don't let that worry your mind.

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