Legal Gun Ownership Saves Lives
John Barnes
Washington Policy Center
May 17, 2006
http://www.washingtonpolicy.org/GovtRegulations/OP_EDgunownershipmay2006.htm

“Research shows at least 2.5 million protective uses of guns each year in the U.S. Guns are used about three to five times as often for defensive purposes as for criminal purposes. Most often the mere sight of a gun prevents a crime from occurring or getting worse.”