Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!ttidca!ttidcb!bellas From: bellas@ttidcb.UUCP (Pete Bellas) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Guns as Protection Message-ID: <294@ttidcb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 14:37:45 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcb.294 Posted: Tue Feb 26 14:37:45 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Mar-85 02:49:12 EST Organization: TTI, Santa Monica, CA. Lines: 17 There seems to be a lot of statistics thrown about here over how many people are killed by guns and how many use guns to protect themselves. In going through my 1984 "Book of Lists" I found the following numbers. In the US in 1984: Each day 63 people are killed by someone with a handgun. Each day 620 people use a handgun to scare/capture/kill an attacker. I personaly don't think that statistics have any place in the discussion of gun ownership(although they do speak for themselves). Private ownership of guns is necessary if we want to continue living in a free society. -Pete-