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Originally Posted by badnarik
The reason you don't hear about homeowners defending themselves is because it usually isn't news unless the homeowner actually shoots the intruder. Guns are a deterrent to intruders too. There is no way to keep and compare statistics for these things.
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Ah, but someone did.
http://www.amazon.com/More-Guns-Less...4578031&sr=8-1
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There are approximately two million defensive gun uses (DGU's) per year by law abiding citizens. That was one of the findings in a national survey conducted by Gary Kleck, a Florida State University criminologist in 1993.
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http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/p/faculty-gary-kleck.php
http://www.pulpless.com/gunclock/kleck2.html
His complete study....if you actually WANT to read it.
http://www.guncite.com/gcdgklec.html