"Legal Guns Deter Crime"

"Two hundred thousand women use a pistol annually to defend themselves against sexual abuse.."



From the TFP's magazine, Crusade. November / December 2010. www.tfp.org

"Two hundred thousand women use a pistol annually to defend themselves against sexual abuse, according to the Gun Owners of America.

"In total, law-abiding citizens use pistols to defend themselves against criminals as many as 2.5 million times annually -- or about 6,850 times a day.

"Out of this number the overwhelming majority merely brandishes a pistol or fires a warning shot to scare off the attacker.

"In less than 8 percent of the time will a citizen kill or wound his or her attacker..."