In 2003, Idaho blogger Clayton Cramer began soliciting documented cases of the use of firearms in self defense in the U.S., and as of today, has received over 4,000 reports.
Not all the incidents ended ideally; you can read the individual stats he's distilled here at his blog (third entry on April 21, 2009):
http://www.claytoncramer.com/weblog/2009_04_19_archive.html#6230548257366762054
Here's the individual entries:
http://www.claytoncramer.com/gundefenseblog/2009_04_01_archive.html#4325624451091695531
I applaud him for gathering this information and urge everyone to add to it.
On a side note, wouldn't it be nice if the NRA compiled all of its "Armed Citizen" reports its published over the decades and made them available? This would be a nice supplement.
Not all the incidents ended ideally; you can read the individual stats he's distilled here at his blog (third entry on April 21, 2009):
http://www.claytoncramer.com/weblog/2009_04_19_archive.html#6230548257366762054
Here's the individual entries:
http://www.claytoncramer.com/gundefenseblog/2009_04_01_archive.html#4325624451091695531
I applaud him for gathering this information and urge everyone to add to it.
On a side note, wouldn't it be nice if the NRA compiled all of its "Armed Citizen" reports its published over the decades and made them available? This would be a nice supplement.
