The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence's claim that guns are rarely used successfully in self-defense has been proven false by academic work by criminologist Gary Kleck, who found that guns are used to protect life and property at least 760,000 times a year.
CLAIM: The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says guns “are rarely used successfully in self-defense.” VERDICT: False. Academic work by Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck shows that, at a minimum, guns are used to protect life and property at least 760,000 times a year.
that the gun control group is setting its sights on concealed carry, claiming that the presence of guns in public only “heightens tensions and exacerbates confrontations.” It dismisses “concealed carry” as providing an avenue for safety for Americans, claiming, “Firearms are rarely used successfully in self-defense.” The Brady Campaign’s claim runs completely counter to the academic work of Kleck, who introduced his findings to the public in the 1990s, demonstrating a minimum of 760,000 defensive gun uses a year.that Kleck reaffirmed his findings and made clear the minimum of 760,000 DGUs a year was still viable and had yet to be disproven via empirical evidence. Ironically, Kleck’s minimum annual DGU figure of 760,000 is much lower than figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , which estimated upwards of 2.5 million DGUs a year. However, on December 15, 2022, Breitbart News pointed out that the CDC allegedly pulled the DGU information off its website after being pressured to do so by gun control activists. Whether one looks at the academic work of Kleck or the DGU information scrubbed from the CDC website, the verdict is the same: The Brady Campaign’s claim that guns “are rarely used successfully in self-defense” is false., a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, and a pro-staffer for Pulsar Night Vision. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War , U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Beef is his favorite vegetable. Follow him on Instagram:Bidenflation Reignited: Consumer Prices Rise More Than ExpectedWhoopi Goldberg: Republicans Want to 'Bring Slavery Back'PHOTOS: O.J. Simpson and the White Ford Bronco, Remembering the World’s Most Famous Police ChaseMarc Lamont Hill: O.J. Acquittal Was the ‘Correct Result’ of a ‘Racist’ Legal SystemDurbin, Marshall Weaponizing the Government to Help Mega-Stores
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