Anthony Argyriou wrote in message ...

>Any rational person who successfully fended off an attempted rape in a
>gun-controlled city would not report either the attempt or the DGU.
>In some cities, the police actively discourage _any_ self-defence, and
>being investigated for a possibly illegal DGU is worse than giving up
>the slim chance that a potential rapist gets caught.


With or without the presence of strict gun control in a city, Colin Loftin
and Ellen MacKenzie have estimated that as few as only 3% of rapes are
actually measured by the NCVS.  As has been noted by other people, since the
NCVS doesn't ask about any defensive gun use if the interviewee refuses to
talk about the crime, this results in a significant under-reporting.

I always find it interesting that Kleck's detractors are unwilling to admit
that what he (and others) has really done is expose how flawed the NCVS is.