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Fact 2238 — what the police firearm survey actually measured
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Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. A police officer completes an anonymous survey with a civilian researcher.
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In 2016, 27% of surveyed U.S. police officers said they had at some point discharged their service firearm on duty, outside training or a firing range. That does not mean they shot at a person, and it does not show how often the discharge happened. So the 27% figure cannot be turned into a rule of “once every 27 years.”