The libertarian-conservative Republican commentator in California writes: "No one knows whether Aurora would have turned out differently had there been an armed patron or two inside the theater. But at the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, where 32 people died, there was a no-guns policy -- just as, apparently, at the movie theater in Aurora. For a guaranteed blank stare, ask gun-control proponents how often Americans use guns to defend themselves. They can't tell you, because they don't ask."
Mr. Elder continues his commentary about gun usage in America: "Well, how can one responsibly discuss 'how many people die because of guns' without discussing the other half of the equation -- how many people would not be alive without their defensive use of a gun? So, how often do Americans use firearms for self-defense? Criminologist Gary Kleck estimates that 2.5 million Americans use guns to defend themselves each year. Out of that number, 400,000 believe that but for their firearms, they would have been dead."
Larry Elder: "Yes, Guns Kill. However, How Often Are They Also Used In Self-Defense?"
