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jimmy the one

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12. life saving dgu's is the crux
Mon May 16, 2016, 11:53 AM
May 2016
The point is Per the VPC the "rare" event of a DGU happens far more often than homicide by gun. Their numbers give over 200,000 DGUs per year. Only about 1 in 1000 DGUs result in death.
..also raises issue with VPC credibility when they talk about a "rare" event then highlight only a subset that represents .1% of the total


A valid comparison using those criteria would be the number of DGU's which actually prevented the death of someone in a crime or threat, impossible to ascertain within reason. Your DGU's might save a life a few hundred times per year, is all, imo. Ergo, 8500 firearm homicides far more than lives saved from dgus.

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life saving dgu's is the crux jimmy the one May 2016 #12
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Or one could say that 10% sarisataka May 2016 #16
1.2% milk jimmy the one May 2016 #17
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