{"id":112811,"date":"2021-04-21T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=112811"},"modified":"2021-04-20T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T03:10:14","slug":"thursday-fgs-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=112811","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday FGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n.44 Auto Mag<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch a Dramatic Use of a Gun in Self-Defense That Didn\u2019t Make News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amy Swearer
\nIf a defensive use of a firearm goes unreported in the media and nobody hears about it, does it really count?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m happy to report that the answer is a resounding \u201cyes,\u201d and I have evidence to prove it.<\/p>\n

A man who was patrolling his employer\u2019s property to protect it from thieves, confronted by an apparent carjacker, drew his legally carried firearm and subdued the stranger as police officers arrived and arrested the man. <\/p>\n

A security camera captured it all, as you can see below.<\/p>\n

I know about this only because the man who held the criminal suspect at gunpoint, a Daily Signal reader who holds a concealed carry permit, reached out to tell his story.<\/p>\n

Every month, I write a Daily Signal article highlighting some of the incredible stories from around the nation of gun owners who successfully used their firearms to defend themselves or others. Every time, I note that we have good reason to believe that most defensive gun uses never are reported to law enforcement, much less are picked up and publicized by a media outlet.<\/p>\n

Almost every major study on these issues has concluded that Americans use their guns in self-defense between 500,000 and 3 million times a year. Even two \u201coutlier\u201d studies have concluded it likely occurs around 100,000 times a year.<\/p>\n

Yet we see a massive disparity between the numbers of self-reported defensive gun uses analyzed by these studies and the \u201cconfirmed\u201d defensive gun uses found in media sources.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nMore of an Op-Ed with video, here: Heritage<\/a><\/p>\n

The pool of guns that get turned in in buybacks are simply not the same guns that would otherwise have been used in crime. \u2014 Harvard professor David Kennedy, as reported on FoxNews<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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