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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have an actual link to any studies that show that guns are [i]not[/i] a deterrent?  Some of you ( or maybe it's one person) keep saying that all the evidence shows that guns are not a deterrent but where is the proof?  Did someone link anything substantive earlier?  I have not seen it. I do remember reading that something like 60-80% of criminals changed their mind after learning that the victim was armed.  I can't seem to find where I read that, but I haven't been able to find anything that says they are not a deterrent. At least not conclusively.[/quote]

Here's one: http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/gun-violence-prevention.aspx

Only took a google search[/quote]

Forgive any perceived sock puppeting, but here's another analysis, this time by the CDC, concluding that suicide was the highest risk posed by owning a gun, especially by veterans:

http://www.guns.com/2013/06/27/cdc-releases-study-on-gun-violence-with-shocking-results/

Again, both are from a single google search.[/quote]

Ok so from that article:   
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[quote]"Yet the study also looked at the effect of having firearms available for self-defense, and found that firearms are much more likely to be used in a defensive manner rather than for criminal or violent activity.

“Defensive uses of guns by crime victims is a common occurrence, although th e exact number remains disputed. Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year, in the context of about 300,000 violent crimes involving firearms in 2008.”

It was also discovered that when guns are used in self-defense the victims consistently have lower injury rates than those who are unarmed, even compared with those who used other forms of self-defense.[/quote][/i]

So I guess the data is showing that they ARE a deterrent? Contrary to what the earlier PP was saying.[/quote]

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