"Jerry" writes:
Has any comparison been made to "law abiding citizens" who s
Has any comparison been made to "law abiding citizens" who stop a crime and LEOs who stop a crime?I'm not aware of such a comparison but it seems logical that cops generally arrive after the crime has been committed. One of the problems would be people who stop a crime and don't report it because they don't want to get in trouble for illegal carry. There are "studies" claiming cops prevent crime, but I have no idea how they derived their numbers, as they are typically program or budget justifications, as opposed to disinterested studies with no incentive to yield a particular outcome. Gary Kleck would probably be your best bet for defensive gun uses (including unreported ones), and John Lott for concealed carry deterrence and media bias in not reporting it. But I don't know if anyone has taken what you're asking for and put it into one nice, neat and peer-reviewed package.
How about it? What's out there that I'm oblivious to. On this, I mean...