Does anyone know where I can find the number of innocent bystanders that are killed by a law abiding citizen shooting their firearms in self defense?
I'm not looking for police shootings, not looking for felony shootings (drive-by shootings, criminals missing, etc...), not looking for ALL accidental shootings (like where that cop misidentified his son as an intruder and shot him)- just looking for law abiding citizens shooting at bad guys in self-defense, but missing and killing an innocent victim.
The closest statistic I can find find was from the Brady Bunch, and it's very weak. It was based on a 12-18 month study of 3 cities done in 1998. They said there were 13 self-defense shootings and 54 unintentional shootings (not including suicide or felony shootings). They didn't mention whether the shootings led to death, and it's not mentioned how many of the unintentional shootings were done in the course of self-defense. I would imagine most were as a result of negligent discharge.
Anyone know where I can find more relevant statistics?
I'm not looking for police shootings, not looking for felony shootings (drive-by shootings, criminals missing, etc...), not looking for ALL accidental shootings (like where that cop misidentified his son as an intruder and shot him)- just looking for law abiding citizens shooting at bad guys in self-defense, but missing and killing an innocent victim.
The closest statistic I can find find was from the Brady Bunch, and it's very weak. It was based on a 12-18 month study of 3 cities done in 1998. They said there were 13 self-defense shootings and 54 unintentional shootings (not including suicide or felony shootings). They didn't mention whether the shootings led to death, and it's not mentioned how many of the unintentional shootings were done in the course of self-defense. I would imagine most were as a result of negligent discharge.
Anyone know where I can find more relevant statistics?