Sure. DEPT of Justice website, ANNUAL CRIME SURVEY. Same site, but search for the FBI'S UCR, uniform crime report. read Jim Cirillo's book on gunfighting, his NYPd stakeout unit CORNERED 280 armed robbers and only 40 "made" the cops shoot. 35 years of being a life member of NRA, reading the ARMED CITIZEN column in THE AMERICAN RIFLEMEN. it states what I have said there. you aint even an NRA member and you question ME? hah. I've competed in over 150 IPSC combat pistol matches, know many of the top hands who created the sport, listened to their stories, know many cops, ditto, hung out at ranges and gun stores all my life, have read every gun book you ever heard of, by Cooper, askins, Mason, Williams, Jordan, Keith, Wilson, Ayoob, Skelton, Taylor, Farnum, all of em, basically. I have a fair amount of personal experience with violence, or what wouild have been violence, had I not squelched it in tkme, and lots of training.
I'm a black belt as well as an A class shooter. I am proud to call Wilson, Fowler, Dalton Hackathorn, Ayoob and many of the others personal friends. I knew quite a few who are gone now, to include Jeff, Bruce Nelson, Ray chapman, Mike Harries. I used to shoot with National fast draw champ Bob Arganbright, who for many years wrote the leathercraft column for Combat Handguns. I've been to Africa twice, I've carried ccw for over 20 years, and have shot hundreds of animals with ccw type pistols and loads. I've been doing my own smithing since 1978, cast bullets, reload, made holsters, taught scores of people to shoot at least fairly well. few have what it takes to get truly good. that takes a lot of work and money.