Number (%) of individuals reporting a self defense gun use by reported gun ownership
| 1996 | 1999 | Combined | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firearm | Defensive use | Total | % | Defensive use | Total | % | Defensive use | Total | % |
| Personally own gun | 9 | 457 | 2.0 | 22 | 618 | 3.6 | 31 | 1075 | 2.9 |
| Gun in household | 1 | 307 | 0.3 | 1 | 417 | 0.2 | 2 | 724 | 0.3 |
| Household without gun | 4 | 1085 | 0.4 | 6 | 1462 | 0.4 | 10 | 2547 | 0.4 |
| Refuse | 0 | 30 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 |
| Excluded | — | 26 | — | — | 22 | — | — | 48 | — |
| Total | 14 | 1905 | 0.7 | 29 | 2521 | 1.2 | 43 | 4469 | 1.0 |