A success rate of 3.7% is not a strong indicator that owning a gun provides protection. The fact that more people aren't killed by armed citizens is somehow proof that a gun doesn't provide protection? What kind of ghoul thinks that the goal is to kill the other person in a defensive gun use rather than to just end the threat? Plus, defensive gun uses aren't limited to two-legged predators. AdvertisementThat's a whole lot more than any 3.7 percent success rate that only counts 382 defensive gun deaths.