On 20/07/2011 12:44 PM, blake murphy wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:28:38 -0500, Pete C. wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:53:28 -0500, Pete C. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Armed law
>>>> abiding citizens have however successfully defended themselves against
>>>> criminals many millions of times.
>>>
>>> bullshit. i would like to see a cite for 'many millions of times.'
>>>
>>> oh, right - you don't provide cites for your bullshit claims.
>>>
>>> blake
>>
>> The FBI stats have it, some have even been reported in "mainstream"
>> media.
>
> *then provide a ****ing cite*. put up or shut up.



I remember a number of years ago first hearing about a study about the
number of times Americans had used to guns to defend themselves. I
thought the number seemed a little high when I first heard it, but then
the number started to mushroom.

I have to wonder what qualifies as self defense If I hear a noise in my
yard and grab a gun and rush out there and find that it was just a
raccoon in the garbage I can say that I used the gun to defend myself. I
am not in the habit of grabbing a gun every time I hear a critter in the
garbage. I turn on the porch light. Maybe we could commission a study on
the number of times people's lives have been saved from marauding
critters and potential burglars by turning on a porch light.