Can you find any "stats" on a "1" gun preventing a rape?
Interesting how you specify your request. If a gun prevented a rape, it wouldn't be reported as a rape now would it? And, that's a real pitfall of stats collecting. Guns used in a crime are statistically gathered. Guns used to prevent crime are not collected by government officials, as there is no crime associated with it, even if the incident is otherwise reported.
However, from your baiting question, I supposed you assume that it is not a reasonable assumption that a gun can prevent a rape (or other crime, for that matter).
Here are some accounts for your enjoyment:
"My Eyewitness News, Memphis, TN, 2/21/2008
A convicted sex offender was shot and killed after he broke into a Tennessee home, intending to rape two young sisters inside. The younger sister escaped after being tied up and ran to her aunt’s house next door for help. The sisters’ cousin, a Right-to-Carry permit holder, shot the intruder after the intruder attacked him."
"Southern Sentinel, Ripley , Miss. , 8/11/04
When an 88-year-old Ripley , Miss. , woman opened her door to a stranger asking for help, the man proceeded to force his way into her home, rape and rob her. The woman managed to escape from her attacker, however, and retrieve her handgun. She fired three shots that sent the rapist fleeing. After she provided a clear description of the man, police immediately identified a known suspect and soon made an arrest. When they found the suspect, he was bleeding from a gunshot wound under his arm."
" Newsday , New York , New York , 11/22/03
A Freeport , New York , woman has her boyfriend and his brother to thank for rescuing her from a rapist. First Squad Det. Lt. Andrew Fal of Nassau , New York , reported that the suspect was believed to have been hiding in the basement of the home for some time. When the woman's boyfriend left for work, the intruder hid his face with a surgical mask and went upstairs. He attacked the woman in her bedroom, punching her repeatedly in the face, and then tried to rape her. The boyfriend's brother, who also lives in the home, heard the commotion and thought his brother was having a fight with his girlfriend. He called the brother on his cell phone to see what was going on, and when his brother told him he was driving to work, the two realized the woman was in real trouble. The brother called the police and retrieved a 9mm pistol. The woman's boyfriend returned to the house where he and his brother confronted her attacker, holding him at gunpoint until authorities arrived and placed her attacker under arrest."
"The News, Buffalo , NY , 1/25/93
The fact that he was recovering from a stab wound suffered in an assault the day before didn't keep Roderick McGill from preventing a rape outside his Buffalo , N.Y. , home. Hearing the gagged woman's cries, McGill had his girlfriend call police and grabbed his shotgun. Outside, he confronted the would-be rapist as he attempted to strip his victim and held him for police."
"The Herald, Sanford , NC , 6/13/97
Sherry Rives, of Bear Creek , North Carolina , emerged from her shower to see a knife-wielding man coming towards her. When he threatened to rape her, she ran into her bedroom and got her 9 mm pistol. The two wrestled for the pistol and Rives was wounded in the thigh. She then gained control of the pistol and shot her tormentor several times, forcing him to flee. She then locked herself in the bathroom and called police. When police arrived, they found the would-be rapist dead with four bullet wounds to the chest. The woman's father said she kept the pistol in the house for protection and she knew how to use it."
"The Record Searchlight, Redding , CA , 7/28/95
Police believe the man who abducted a Shasta County, California, woman at knife point and forced her to drive her vehicle to a remote location may have been intending to sexually assault her. Instead, when the scruffy would-be rapist stepped from the car for a moment, the woman retrieved a pistol and shot at the man, who fled into the darkness."
"The Record, Stockton , CA , 2/18/95
A Stockton , California , real estate agent put an end to an attempted rape, after a man posing as a potential home buyer attacked her in a model home. Crumpling to the floor, the realtor drew a .380 from her purse, forcing the man to flee. Pursuing him outside, the woman fired several shots at the man, missing him as he jumped in his car. She halted his escape by shooting out one of his tires and with the help of some nearby construction workers, held the thug for police. The would-be rapist is being investigated in connection with a similar 1993 attack on a female real estate agent."
"The Courant, Hartford , CT , 1/6/95
A would-be rapist started the year off on the wrong foot when he attempted to rape an armed West Hartford , Connecticut , woman as she walked home early on New Year's Day. Dragging the woman into the bushes, pinning her to the ground, and forcibly removing part of her clothing, the attacker refused to heed the woman's words when she tried to reason with him to stop. Her licensed derringer did what words failed to. A single gunshot wound to the chest ended the attack as the man staggered into the road and collapsed. He died later in a hospital. The woman was not charged in the incident."
"Gazette, Texarkana , TX , 11/3/94
What police called "fatal attraction" cost a 15-year-old boy his life. Obsessed with a neighborhood woman, he allegedly broke into her Broken Bow, Oklahoma , home three times in a week, once raping the mother of two at knife-point. But when he entered the home the final time carrying a stolen handgun, a pair of handcuffs and a ski mask, the youth encountered two armed men guarding the home in the family's absence. Police said the unidentified citizen who killed the alleged rapist "had no choice.""
"The Herald Argus, LaPorte, IN, 7/14/94
"I probably wouldn't have gone out there without a gun," says John Gutt of Union Mills, Indiana. Gutt heard two bloodcurdling screams in the early morning outside his rural home. While his daughter called 911, he armed himself and went to investigate, clad only in sweatpants. When he heard another scream and a woman's voice saying, "He's got a gun," Gutt followed the voice to a field, where he found a man on top of a partially clad woman. The would-be rapist ran off, and Gutt escorted the woman to his home. Once police arrived, he helped hunt down the culprit. Gutt later received a public service award for his actions."
"The News-Leader, Springfield , MO , 3/21/94
Uneasy after a man asked to use her phone, a Springfield , Missouri , woman told him to use one at a local convenience store. Suspicious, she got a pistol and put it nearby. A little later, expecting guests, she unlocked her front door, and the stranger entered. He threatened her with a knfie and forced her to undress, but she was able to get her gun by claiming she had to use the bathroom. She was then able to fire at the would-be rapist, wounding him. He fled, but was quickly apprehended."
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