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Less Than 1% of Gun Owners Use Their Firearms for Self-Defense Each Year. But Many More Are Exposed to Gun Violence
Only 8.3% reported ever using a gun defensively in any form. The most common action—reported by 4.7%—was showing a firearm to ...
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Only 1% of owners have used guns in self-defense, study says
People often say they own a gun to protect themselves and their families. However, according to a new study, firearms owners ...
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Gun owners rarely use firearms for self-defense, Rutgers report shows
Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center, said that most firearm use is for target ...
Owning a gun might not keep you as safe as you think, study shows
Gun owners are more likely to experience gun violence than actually use the weapon for self-defense, the study found ...