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Estimates over the number of defensive gun uses vary wildly, depending on the study's population, criteria, time-period studied, and other factors. Higher end estimates by Kleck and Gertz cite between 1 to 2.5 million DGUs in the United States each year.<ref name="hlw" />{{rp|64-65}}<ref name="schulman">J.N. Schulman, Guns, Crimes and Self-defense, Orange County Reg., Sept. 19, 1993, at 3.</ref><ref name="kleck j crim l">Gary Kleck & Marc Gertz, 86 ''J. Crim. L. & Criminology'' 150 (1995).</ref> Low end estimates by Hemenway cite approximately 55,000-80,000 such uses each year.<ref name="hemenway chance">David Hemenway, ''Chance'', Vol 10, No. 3, 1997.</ref><ref name=hemenway northwestern">Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Northwestern) 87 (1997): 1430.</ref> Middle estimates have estimated approximately 1 million DGU incidents in the United States.<ref name="smith">Tom W. Smith, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Northwestern) 87 (1997): 1462.</ref><ref name="hlw" />{{rp|65}} The basis for the studies, the [[National Self-Defense Survey]] and the [[National Crime Victimization Survey]], vary in their methods, time-frames covered, and questions asked.<ref>[[Committee on Law and Justice]], ''Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review'' (2004) ISBN 0-309-09124-1, page 103.</ref> |
Estimates over the number of defensive gun uses vary wildly, depending on the study's population, criteria, time-period studied, and other factors. Higher end estimates by Kleck and Gertz cite between 1 to 2.5 million DGUs in the United States each year.<ref name="hlw" />{{rp|64-65}}<ref name="schulman">J.N. Schulman, Guns, Crimes and Self-defense, Orange County Reg., Sept. 19, 1993, at 3.</ref><ref name="kleck j crim l">Gary Kleck & Marc Gertz, 86 ''J. Crim. L. & Criminology'' 150 (1995).</ref> Low end estimates by Hemenway cite approximately 55,000-80,000 such uses each year.<ref name="hemenway chance">David Hemenway, ''Chance'', Vol 10, No. 3, 1997.</ref><ref name=hemenway northwestern">Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Northwestern) 87 (1997): 1430.</ref> Middle estimates have estimated approximately 1 million DGU incidents in the United States.<ref name="smith">Tom W. Smith, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Northwestern) 87 (1997): 1462.</ref><ref name="hlw" />{{rp|65}} The basis for the studies, the [[National Self-Defense Survey]] and the [[National Crime Victimization Survey]], vary in their methods, time-frames covered, and questions asked.<ref>[[Committee on Law and Justice]], ''Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review'' (2004) ISBN 0-309-09124-1, page 103.</ref> |
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* [[Concealed carry]] |
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* [[Self-defense]] |
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* [[Gun politics]] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 17:18, 8 January 2013
Defensive gun use (DGU) is the use of a firearm in self-defense or defense of others. The frequency of defensive firearms incidents, and their effectiveness in ensuring safety and reducing crime is a controversial issue in gun politics and criminology.[1]: 64 Different authors and studies employ different criteria for what constitutes a defensive gun use, which at times leads to controversy in comparing statistical results. Perceptions of the number of DGUs dominate discussions over gun rights, gun control, and concealed carry laws.
Estimates of frequency
Estimates over the number of defensive gun uses vary wildly, depending on the study's population, criteria, time-period studied, and other factors. Higher end estimates by Kleck and Gertz cite between 1 to 2.5 million DGUs in the United States each year.[1]: 64–65 [2][3] Low end estimates by Hemenway cite approximately 55,000-80,000 such uses each year.[4][5] Middle estimates have estimated approximately 1 million DGU incidents in the United States.[6][1]: 65 The basis for the studies, the National Self-Defense Survey and the National Crime Victimization Survey, vary in their methods, time-frames covered, and questions asked.[7]
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b c Harry L. Wilson, Guns, Gun Control, And Elections: The Politics And Policy of Firearms, ISBN 0742553485, Rowman & Littlefield, 2007.
- ^ J.N. Schulman, Guns, Crimes and Self-defense, Orange County Reg., Sept. 19, 1993, at 3.
- ^ Gary Kleck & Marc Gertz, 86 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 150 (1995).
- ^ David Hemenway, Chance, Vol 10, No. 3, 1997.
- ^ Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Northwestern) 87 (1997): 1430.
- ^ Tom W. Smith, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (Northwestern) 87 (1997): 1462.
- ^ Committee on Law and Justice, Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review (2004) ISBN 0-309-09124-1, page 103.