Table 1 FREQUENCY OF DEFENSIVE GUN USE IN PREVIOUS SURVEYS [80] |
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Survey: |
Field |
Bordua |
Cambridge Reports |
DMIa |
DMIb |
Hart |
Ohio |
Area: |
California |
Illinois |
U.S. |
U.S. |
U.S. |
U.S. |
Ohio |
Year of Interview |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1978 |
1978 |
1981 |
1982 |
Population Covered |
Noninst. Adults |
Noninst. Adults |
Noninst. Adults |
Registered voters |
Registered voters |
Registered voters |
"Residents" |
Gun Type Covered |
Handguns |
All guns |
Handguns |
All guns |
All guns |
Handguns |
Handguns |
Recall Period: |
Ever/1, 2 yrs. |
Ever |
Ever |
Ever |
Ever |
5 yrs. |
Ever |
Excluded Uses Against Animals |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Excluded Military, Police Uses? |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Defensive question asked of: |
All Rs |
All Rs |
Protection hgun owners |
All Rs |
All Rs |
All Rs |
Rs in hgun households |
Defensive question refers to: |
Respondent |
Respondent |
Respondent |
Household |
Household |
Household |
Respondent |
% Who Used |
1.4/3/8.6[a] |
5.0 |
18 |
15 |
7 |
4 |
6.5 |
% Who Fired Gun |
2.9 |
n.a. |
12 |
6 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2.6 |
Implied number of def. gun uses[b] |
3,052,717 |
1,414,544 |
n.a. |
2,141,512 |
1,098,409 |
1,797,461 |
771,043 |
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[80]. FIELD INSTITUTE, TABULATIONS OF THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY OF HANDGUN OWNERSHIP AND ACCESS AMONG A CROSS SECTION OF THE CALIFORNIA ADULT PUBLIC (1976); BORDUA ET AL., supra note 43; CAMBRIDGE REPORTS, supra note 36; DMI (DECISION/MAKING/INFORMATION), ATTITUDES OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE TOWARD GUN CONTROL (1979); Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Inc., supra note 54; Ohio, supra note 36; Quinley, supra note 36; Mauser, supra note 19; the Gallup polls of 1991 and 1993, L.A. Times poll, and Tarrance poll were taken from a search of the DIALOG Public Opinion online computer database. |
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Table 1 (continued) FREQUENCY OF DEFENSIVE GUN USE IN PREVIOUS SURVEYS |
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Survey: |
Time/CNN |
Mauser |
Gallup |
Gallup |
L.A. Times |
Tarrance |
Area: |
U.S. |
U.S. |
U.S. |
U.S. |
U.S. |
U.S. |
Year of Interview |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1993 |
1994 |
1994 |
Population Covered |
"Firearm owners" |
Residents |
Noninst. Adults |
Noninst. Adults |
Noninst. Adults |
Noninst. Adults |
Gun Type Covered |
All guns |
All guns |
All guns |
All guns |
All guns |
All guns |
Recall Period: |
Ever |
5 yrs. |
Ever |
Ever |
Ever |
5 yrs. |
Excluded Uses Against Animals |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Excluded Military, Police Uses? |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Defensive question asked of: |
Gun owners |
All Rs |
Rs in hgun hshlds |
Gun owners |
All |
All |
Defensive question refers to: |
Respondent |
Hshld. |
Respondent |
Respondent |
Respondent |
Respondent/ |
% Who Used |
n.a. |
3.79 |
8 |
11 |
8[c] |
1/2[d] |
% Who Fired Gun |
9-16e |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Implied number of def. gun uses[b] |
n.a. |
1,487,342 |
777,153 |
1,621,377 |
3,609,682 |
764,036 |
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Notes: [a]. 1.4% in past year, 3% in past two years, 8.6% ever. [b]. Estimated annual number of defensive uses of guns of all types against humans, excluding uses connected with military or police duties, after any necessary adjustments were made, for U.S., 1993. Adjustments are explained in detail in Kleck (1994). [c]. Covered only uses outside the home. [d]. 1% of respondents, 2% of households. [e]. 9% fired gun for self-protection, 7% used gun "to scare someone." An unknown share of the latter could be defensive uses not overlapping with the former. |
Source: Gary, Kleck and Marc Gertz, "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense with a Gun," Table 1, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1995, Vol. 86 No. 1.
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