“The success stories of self-defense are few and far between compared to the accidents and negligence and guns being stolen and ending up in crimes and homicides,” he said.” (from the article)
Even if that were true....which it certainly is not, it does not diminish the fact that a person has the RIGHT to own a gun and defend themselves.
Dollars to donut shops the way “he” is counting this is by incidents of people actually shooting back at an attacker. Much more commonly, simply showing the gun suffices and the would be attacker flees.