CDC Restores Defensive Gun Use Research Data, Updating Estimates to 500,000 Incidents Annually

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reinstated research data on defensive gun use, which was previously removed from its website in 2022. The updated data revises the lower-end estimates for annual defensive gun use from 60,000 to 500,000 incidents, reflecting findings from a 2013 National Academies of Sciences report.