OK, Dan, surprise us. How about some real data on either subject:
(1) How many successful uses of a firearm for personal defense occur
in your city/county/state/country (any one will do) in the past
year/decade/century (any one will do)?
(2) How many times did these go unreported in the press?
Educate us.
At 11:31 AM -0700 7/12/00, Dan Dwelley wrote:
>Actually, you would be surprised at the number of
>successful uses of a firearm for personal defense. The
>main reason you don't hear about them is because the
>newspapers don't print them. Why...the newspapers are
>generally anti gun and aren't about to give equal
>press to these stories.
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