Reply #44: Many, some studies indicate the vast bulk, of defensive gun uses [View All]

[tburnsten]

never make it to the news, do you know why?

Because the incident is resolved without shots being fired and the crime is stopped before the criminal succeeds in creating a newsworthy incident.

I just googled it, using your exact search terms, and got 87,400 results, many of which are doubtless duplicates from different news sources. I'm not combing through over 87 thousand websites to check.

Using your search terms, minus "concealed gun permit holder", yielded 25,400,000 results. That's quite a difference. Also, when someone with a carry permit commits a murder, it is noteworthy and newsworthy. A "regular" murder is not, and in many parts of the country will only make local news. A murder in my state, Maine, will dominate ALL the local papers for the entire state all the way through the trial, for weeks at the time it is discovered sometimes, while a murder in Yonkers might make the police blotter section, if they even bother with those.