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One question that does bother me though is why do anti-gunners not promote any form of Self-Defense. That really does bother me.


It depends on your outlook. Lower crime levels is self defence. With a gun we know that police officers get killed.

www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/leok.htm

"Between 1996 and 2005, of the 575 officers killed

26% were in arrest situations
18% were in ambush situations
18% were making traffic pursuits/stops
17% were on disturbance calls
12% were investigating suspicious persons/circumstances
10% were in other situations"

Having a gun does not mean instant success, it gives the chance to fight back. However the problem is that many people do not address this issue properly, so the self defence issue is often not considered necessary because they are assuming they are going to get much lower crime.