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On The Michigan Talk Network: On well less than 1% of Guns are ever used to cause harm

Oct 12, 2020 | Radio

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Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Lott’s latest piece in the Wall Street Journal that discusses the low rate that guns are used to harm people.

(Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 8:35 to 8:44 AM).

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  1. Charles Jessee
    Charles Jessee on October 13, 2020 at 10:54 AM

    Yes, even considering the National Crime Victimization Survey figure of 2.7 million non fatal “gun crimes” yearly, NSSF’s estimate of 422.9 million guns in the US puts an adverse gun use statistic under 1%. And that assumes a gun is used only once for such an adverse gun use, when it’s far more likely that very few individuals use the same gun numerous times.

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