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. 2022 Jul 1;9:19. doi: 10.1186/s40621-022-00384-8

Table 4.

By type of defensive gun use, percent of total incidents, percent of total deaths, and percent of incidents in which the perpetrator was definitely armed with a gun

Type % of all incidents % perp definitely armed w/gun % of all deaths
Uses perp’s gun 2 100 2
Security guard 6 61 7
Drug-related 4 88 6
Gang-like 6 89 7
Romantic partner disputes 11 45 9
Other family issues 6 35 7
Escalating arguments 13 44 18
Store robberies 9 64 6
Street robberies 5 61 5
Unoccupied vehicle theft 5 22 3
Unarmed burglary 7 0 4
Home invasions 20 46 20
Miscellaneous 6 32 6
Total 100 48 100