(April 1, 2022 at 1:46 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: The US may or not be a third world shit hole as far as crime goes. It’s a subjective call that depends greatly on where in the US you live. The odds of an individual being the victim of a violent crime in any given year may be fairly low, but the odds of being the victim of a violent crime over the course of a lifetime are pretty damn high. According to the BJS 83% of all Americans over the age of 12 will be a victim of a violent crime in their lifetime. 74% of us will be assaulted. 40% of us will be injured as the result of an assault or robbery. Nearly all of us, 99% will be the victim of theft of one sort or another.
The BJS also says we aren’t that safe at home either. Between 2003 and 2007 there was an average of 3.7 million burglaries a year. A household member was at home in roughly 1 million (27%) of those burglaries each year. More than 26% of the household members present during a burglary became the victim of a violent crime.
The BJS has also weighed in on if firearms are an effective form of self defense. Between 1987 and 1992 an average of about 83,000 people are know to have used a firearm in defense against a crime each year. An average of 62,200 a year are known to have used a firearm in defense of a violent crime. Of these about 20% were injured during the crime compared to about 50% injured while defending themselves by other means. To put that in simple terms a victim of a victim of a violent crime is 2 and half times less likely to be injured if they use a firearm than they are if they try to defend themselves by any other means.
The anti gun response is very simple.
Roll over and take whatever the criminal dishes out.....
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