A call for a truce in the DGU war

摘要: For almost a decade scholars have been debating about how many defensive gun uses (DGUs) occur annually. Gary Kleck and colleagues, citing series of polls culminating in the 1993 Kleck-Gertz survey, argue that at least 2.55 million people use firearm for protection against criminals each year. Hemenway others, relying on National Crime Victimization Surveys (NCVSs), contend only 55,000 to 80,000 victims guns offenders given The estimates are wide apart their academic champions staunchly defend respective figures as correct accurate, while dismissing opposing invalid implausible. Neither side seems be willing give ground or see opponents' point view. This is unfortunate since there good reason believe both sides off-the-mark.