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2023-11-25 19:15:46 UTC - HELPFUL
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Repeated studies have actually shown there are between 500,000-3,000,000 legal self defense uses of firearms/year. 2021 Study https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3887145 2013 CDC Study https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/18319/chapter/3 The numbers above also include suicides. However no reduction in suicides was shown in Australia after stricter gun laws. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6187796/
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