“Until the defensive gun use myth is defeated, Americans will continue buying firearms in the mistaken belief that those guns will make them safer....”
One additional item that might have been included in the study is the differential between how people of color are treated by law enforcement with regard to firearms. Other Studies have shown that even plain clothed Black police officers are shot by their colleagues . And one incident a Black homeowner heard a noise outside of her home and retrieved her gun, unbeknownst to her there was a police officer looking through her window who seeing her with a gun in her own home shot the homeowner.
One additional item that might have been included in the study is the differential between how people of color are treated by law enforcement with regard to firearms. Other Studies have shown that even plain clothed Black police officers are shot by their colleagues . And one incident a Black homeowner heard a noise outside of her home and retrieved her gun, unbeknownst to her there was a police officer looking through her window who seeing her with a gun in her own home shot the homeowner.