U.S. DEPT OF JUSTICE SAID in 1992:
Gun Ownership Provides Effective Self-Defense
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-libra ... -p-142-149
Annotation
Many more criminals are killed or wounded each year by armed citizens than by the police; this proves that owning a gun is possibly the most effective way to protect oneself from crime.
Abstract
Protection of self, of one's loved ones, of one's home and community is the root of the American tradition of gun ownership. It is a concept cherished from the beginning of time and preserved most democratically within the English common law heritage, in which the defense of home, community, and kingdom rested upon an armed and ready populace.