EUGENE VOLOKH debunks bogus gun statistics:

“Handguns Are Used in Most US Assaults and Robberies,” reports a BBC caption. Uh, no: According to the Justice Department’s National Crime Victimization Survey (2005 data), table 66, handguns are used in 5.4% of U.S. assaults and 26.3% of robberies.

But expect to hear a lot of bogus gun statistics from the press in coming months.