The math doesn't work. Even if "defensive gun use" had quadrupled, if each and every incident were a lawful use of lethal force, meaning that, it was in response to lethal force, or the threat of lethal force, then each and every "defensive gun use" would have been in response to a violent crime. They would be at worst, 1 for 1.
You don't get to count only the incidents of "defensive gun use" and throwing out the violent crimes that caused them in the first place. If "defensive gun use" has quadrupled, it's because violent crime has quadrupled, and the "defensive gun use" has risen to keep pace.
Full text of "“The Gun Is Civilization” By Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret):
The math doesn't work. Even if "defensive gun use" had quadrupled, if each and every incident were a lawful use of lethal force, meaning that, it was in response to lethal force, or the threat of lethal force, then each and every "defensive gun use" would have been in response to a violent crime. They would be at worst, 1 for 1.
You don't get to count only the incidents of "defensive gun use" and throwing out the violent crimes that caused them in the first place.
If "defensive gun use" has quadrupled, it's because violent crime has quadrupled, and the "defensive gun use" has risen to keep pace.
Full text of "“The Gun Is Civilization” By Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret):
https://archive.org/stream/TheGunIsCivilizationByMaj.L.CaudillUSMCRet2/The%20Gun%20Is%20Civilization%E2%80%9D%20By%20Maj.%20L.%20%20Caudill%2C%20USMC%20%28Ret%29-2_djvu.txt
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