Matt Matt, You cite an article from a publication that is obviously biased, apparently because you can't find an objective source that supports your assertion that thousands of people each year save themselves with the use of a gun.  In addition, Keck, who is repeatedly appears in the footnotes, has been debunked.  Here's an article from the Harvard School of Public Health that concludes that guns are used far more often to intimidate than in self-defense:  https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/gun-threats-and-self-defense-gun-use-2/