# Defensive gun use

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defensive-gun-use/739955>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 9, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defensive-gun-use/739955 "2015-12-09T16:01:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defensive-gun-use/739955/21 "2015-12-10T07:50:56Z")

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> [@Flyer](#):
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> Like John Lott says, “more guns, less crime.”

Or, maybe just the opposite. There is actually a very direct, positive correlation between per capita gun ownership and gun deaths per 100,000 people, both on a [state-by-state](https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ZAnPVVu-u_BneXmSr-0WRaXQEiQ=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4118836/gun%20ownership%20states.png) and [nation-by-nation](https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Zyd01pa1Rf9L-6nd-2RxvOWYKkU=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/4002396/gun%20ownership%20countries.jpg) level.

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