Education Quote by Jon Gutmacher

“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a study by…

— Jon Gutmacher

“No one knows how often guns are used for self-defense. According to a Cato Institute white paper called Tough Targets, the number of crimes…

— Colin Flaherty

“Without question, most researchers believe that guns are used more often in self-defense than in the commission of a crime. They also believe that…

— John R. Lott Jr

“For all the emphasis on assault weapons, 68 percent of mass public shootings did not involve any long guns (Figure 2). Eighty-four percent of…

— John R. Lott Jr

We got victims out there that are getting shot four and five times, point blank range. That's not self-defense. You're not going to tell…

— Jesse Ventura

“There is a clear consensus among economists about self-defense, gun-free zones, firearms and suicide, and concealed handgun laws. Among North American economists: •​Eighty-eight percent…

— John R. Lott Jr

Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the…

— Ronald Reagan

“In a study that I did on the years 1995–2001, I found that children under ten were involved in an average of only nine…

— John R. Lott Jr

When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution.

— Anonymous

A new report shows that, in Virginia, gun violence has fallen as the sale of firearms has soared to a new record. In other…

— Fred Thompson

“To do just that, Bill Landes (University of Chicago Law School) and I collected data on all multiple victim public shootings in all the…

— John R. Lott Jr

“The law is that the discharge of a firearm is always the use of “deadly force”. Only time will tell if they will reverse…

— Jon Gutmacher