re the pill for deer no hunting iftccu talk politics guns jrm gnv ifas ufl edu am apr the vast majority get through life without ever having to own use or display a firearm i suppose that depends on how you define vast majority you are correct about majority somewhere between out of three and one out of will at some period in their lives experience a violent assault the risk is generally higher than emergency medical problems like heart attack and stroke vast is probably too loose a term with approximately americans using firearms each year over a year period we get roughly since some may have to do this more than once million americans with experience in using firearms for self defense yields percent of the population yes i know that is a real rough estimate we re closer to million now but many of these are minors and should be included etc thus the percentage if anything is low at any rate most minority groups in this range are not usually referred to as tiny minorities so i don t see how the other part of the group can be referred to as the vast majority a little more work might support a simple majority of americans never use own or display a firearm certainly when you are talking about ownership you are wrong nearly half of your fellow citizens own one or more firearms besides there are other means of self protection which can be just as effective as firearms please provide a list of other means that are as effective then you might convince your local police departments to switch good luck rick
