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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
No way. They are under-reported.
In many cases there is no motivation or incentive for the potential victim to report a gun defense. For example, if someone simply brandished their pistol if they saw a guy trying to pry into their car ...or any minor incident where the bad guy flees and no damage is done.
Also, common sense tells me the media will most likely report a murder/shooting at about a 10:1 ratio to a gun defense story for the pure sensationalism of it all. I mean really? Isn't it kind of obvious the press in America is generally anti-gun?
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Not really, you just assume it is anti gun because when they report the facts, kids shooting their toddler sister or the like, it makes the whole gun lobby thing sound ridiculous.
There isn't any way to report gun crime and make US gun laws make sense, the US has more murders than anywhere outside of third world crap holes like Afghanistan and the Congo, so obviously guns arn't keeping anyone safe and there isn't anyway to report that that doesn't make any half sensible person think it is a bit absurd. Because you like guns you then assume it is an attack.
What you need to do is stop trying to defened guns on a practical level, it isn't statistically possible, you need to just embrace the reality that americans like guns and as such are prepared to pay the price, 35,000 deaths a year or so, I could respect that, it is no different than cigerettes.