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\u2018FBI REPORT SAYS ARMED CITIZENS KILLED MORE CRIMINALS THAN POLICE\u2019\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2020 indicates that armed private citizens killed more criminals during the commission of a felony than were killed by police, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says this data clearly underscores the continuing need for American gun ownership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at Tables 14 and 15 in the FBI\u2019s new report that apply to justifiable homicides by law enforcement and private citizens, respectively,\u201d noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. \u201cLast year, according to the data, armed citizens killed 343 criminals during the commission of a felony while police fatally shot 298 felons.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the FBI data published in their crime report for 2020 is accurate,\u201d he continued, \u201cit is ample evidence that the individual right to keep and bear arms for personal defense is as important today as it was when the Second Amendment was adopted as a cornerstone of the Bill of Rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of deadly force is not something anybody wants,\u201d Gottlieb observed, \u201cbut neither is being injured or killed by some thug during a violent criminal attack. Self-defense may be the oldest natural right, and every time we hear some politician, public official or gun control extremist call for citizen disarmament, we have to wonder which side they\u2019re on. It certainly can\u2019t be on the side of public safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cGun prohibitionists who enjoy their own private security while promoting restrictive laws that take guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens are world-class hypocrites,\u201d he said. \u201cThe same people who want to disarm honest citizens are typically those who support policies that are soft on criminals. They haven\u2019t simply lost perspective; they\u2019ve abandoned common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

CCRKBA has long defended the individual right to keep and bear arms, and encourages gun owners to seek competent instruction on firearms safety and the use of firearms in self-defense. Gottlieb noted how studies show that over 99 percent of cases when a gun is used in self-defense, no shots are fired. The burglar, robber or rapist flees or is held at gunpoint until police arrive, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis data should send a message to criminals that their chances of recidivism are gradually shrinking,\u201d said Gottlieb, who co-authored\u00a0America Fights Back \u2013 Armed Self-Defense in a Violent Age<\/a><\/em>, and more recently,\u00a0Good Guys with Guns<\/a><\/em>. \u201cThe tide has clearly turned.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018FBI REPORT SAYS ARMED CITIZENS KILLED MORE CRIMINALS THAN POLICE\u2019\u00a0 BELLEVUE, WA \u2013 The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2020 indicates that armed private citizens killed more criminals during the commission of a felony than were killed by police, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says this data clearly … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba","category-safety","category-self-defense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72744,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72743\/revisions\/72744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}