The National Institute of Research on the Kleck and Gertz telephone interview which produced the famous 2.5 million figure. From page 8. via democommie
Forty-five respondents reported a defensive
gun use in 1994 against a person
(exhibit 7). Given the sampling
weights, these respondents constitute
1.6 percent of the sample and represent
3.1 million adults. Almost half of
these respondents reported multiple
DGUs during 1994, which provides
the basis for estimating the 1994 DGU
incidence at 23 million. This surprising
figure is caused in part by a few
respondents reporting large numbers
of defensive gun uses during the year;
for example, one woman reported 52!
