CDC Issues Correction After Previously Lowballing Data on Guns Used for Self-Defense

CDC Issues Correction After Previously Lowballing Data On Guns Used For Self-Defense

The CDC updated its webpage regarding firearm injury to more accurately count the frequency with which guns are used for self-defense.

The CDC Corrects its Post on Defensive Gun Uses

At the request of gun control activists, such as Mark Bryant, the founder of the Gun Violence Archive, who complained that gun-rights advocates had cited the estimates so often to “stop [gun-control] legislation,” in May 2022, the Centers for Disease Control took down data on defensive gun uses. This was the original the CDC post. The 60,000 estimate […]