Reply #142: This is a myth. [View All]

[gorfle]

Myth: Innocent bystanders are often killed by guns
Fact: Less than 1% of all gun homicides involve innocent bystanders.193

Myth: Citizens are too incompetent to use guns for protection
Fact: About 11% of police shootings kill an innocent person - about 2% of shootings by citizens
kill an innocent person. The odds of a defensive gun user killing an innocent person are less than
1 in 26,000.194 And that is with citizens using guns to prevent crimes almost 2,500,000 times every year.
Fact: Most firearm accidents are caused by people with other forms of poor self-control. These
include alcoholics, people with previous criminal records, multiple driving accidents, and other risky behaviors.195

The numbers 193,194, and 195 refer to citations in footnotes.


GunFacts 4.2 in pdf format can be downloaded here:
http://gunfacts.info

The myth/facts that I quoted start on page 34 of the printed document or page 41 of 96 of GunFacts4-2-Print.pdf.