Abstract: As
part of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports system, the FBI gathers and reports
both civilian and police officer justifiable homicide statistics. The methods by which these numbers are
gathered makes them gross undercounts of the actual legal, defensive homicides
by citizens. Furthermore, comparing the
civilian justifiable homicide numbers to criminal homicides for public policy
cost/benefit analysis understates the crime reducing effects of civilian gun
ownership.
Because Violence Policy Center is misrepresenting the FBI's justifiable homicide numbers.
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