It is guns deaths vs defensive gun use and saved lives.

Guns are often used to protect life. A statistic that is seldom mentioned but is very important in the argument. How many time are the used for defGuns are often used to protect life. A statistic that is seldom mentioned but is very important in the argument. How many time are the used for defensive purposes?
The estimates are 55,000 to over 4.5 million. Depending on survey and modality.
Clearly, guns play an important part in safety.

Lower-end estimates include that by David
Hemenway, a professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, which estimated approximately 55,000–80,000 such uses each year.

Higher end estimates include Chiltons polling firm for the Police Foundation on a research grant from the National Institute of Justice.
In 1997 NSPOF projected 4.7 million Defensive Gun Use per year by 1.5 million individuals after weighting to eliminate false positives.[4] Another estimate has estimated approximately 1 million DGU incidents in the United States.

It is guns deaths vs defensive gun use and saved lives.
That is the fairer standard.ensive purposes?
The estimates are 55,000 to over 4.5 million. Depending on survey and modality.
Clearly, guns play an important part in safety.

Lower-end estimates include that by David
Hemenway, a professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, which estimated approximately 55,000–80,000 such uses each year.

Higher end estimates include Chiltons polling firm for the Police Foundation on a research grant from the National Institute of Justice.
In 1997 NSPOF projected 4.7 million Defensive Gun Use per year by 1.5 million individuals after weighting to eliminate false positives.[4] Another estimate has estimated approximately 1 million DGU incidents in the United States.

It is guns deaths vs defensive gun use and saved lives.
That is the fairer standard.