Regarding the statistic in the subject line, that guns are used so many million times in self defense or to prevent crime, what exactly qualifies as "used" in the subject line? Does it include:
-People who drew (whether or not they fired) and the bad guy stopped the attack?
-Times when the bad guy knew there would be a gun involved (open carry, sign on the door saying "survivors will be shot again", etc.) and chose a different target
-Times when a bad guy thought there might be a gun involved and decided to do something less reckless
Or of course anything else I'm missing. I just was curious at how that statistic came about.
-People who drew (whether or not they fired) and the bad guy stopped the attack?
-Times when the bad guy knew there would be a gun involved (open carry, sign on the door saying "survivors will be shot again", etc.) and chose a different target
-Times when a bad guy thought there might be a gun involved and decided to do something less reckless
Or of course anything else I'm missing. I just was curious at how that statistic came about.