Home invasions.

• Position: Crime prevention and self defense - Brief article

Home invasions. Rapes. Carjackings. Murders. Every day our local and national news report that these heinous crimes are being committed all around us. What rarely is reported is the number of crimes that are prevented when people use guns in self-defense. According to research by Florida State University, Tallahassee, an estimated 2,500,000 Americans use a gun to protect themselves from criminals each year. In most cases, no shots are ever fired; the mere act of wielding a weapon is enough to deter the criminal and stop the intended...