Firearm Justifiable Homicides and Non-Fatal Self-Defense Gun Use: An Analysis of Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Crime Victimization Survey Data (2020)
May 01, 2020
- Description
This report analyzes, on both the national and state levels, the use of firearms in justifiable homicides. It also details the total number of times guns are used for self-defense by the victims of both attempted and completed violent crimes and property crimes whether or not the use of the gun by the victim resulted in a fatality.
- Published by
- Violence Policy Center
- Issue areas
- Crime and Safety
- Document type
- Dataset
- Report/Whitepaper
- Geography
- North America / United States
- Copyright
- Copyright May 2020 Violence Policy Center.
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- Title
- Firearm Justifiable Homicides and Non-Fatal Self-Defense Gun Use: An Analysis of Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Crime Victimization Survey Data (2020)
- Publication date
- 2020-05-01
- Publication year
- 2020
- Copyright holder(s)
- Violence Policy Center
- Geographical focus
- North America / United States
- Keywords
- homicides, justifiable, firearm, persons killed, DEFENSE GUN
- Document type
- Dataset, Report/Whitepaper
- URL
- https://gunviolence.issuelab.org/resource/firearm-justifiable-homicides-and-non-fatal-self-defense-gun-use-an-analysis-of-federal-bureau-of-investigation-and-national-crime-victimization-survey-data-2020.html
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