Firearm injury rates are two to one of fatalities, this story is an example of that so around 600 persons were injured or killed in similar circumstance in 2011 - applying a two to one ratio to shots fired would suggest 1,800 circumstances where home owners discharged a weapon even if one were to apply 20 to 1 your final figure of firearm use in self defense is 36,000 far from 2.5 M. An estimate t