Hostile gun displays: gun use against respondents
| 1996 (n=1905) | 1999 (n=2521) | Combined | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respondents | Incidents | Respondents | Incidents | Respondents | Incidents | |
| *Based on % of a sample of cases in which the narrative indicated that respondent had only witnessed the event. | ||||||
| Total positives | 122 | 450 | 131 | 342 | 253 | 792 |
| Exclusions: | ||||||
| Witness only | 31 | 112 | 6* | 12* | 37 | 124 |
| Thought to be criminal | 8 | 16 | 14 | 35 | 22 | 51 |
| Police officer | 10 | 150 | 11 | 30 | 21 | 180 |
| Security guard | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Military personnel | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Arson investigator | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Private investigator | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Outside of US | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Out of time frame (>5 years) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Insufficient information | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Other | 2 | 4 | 1 | 97 | 3 | 101 |
| Total exclusions | 64 | 338 | 37 | 183 | 101 | 521 |
| Cases | 58 | 112 | 94 | 159 | 152 | 271 |