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(4,462 posts)a committed gun control organization, who obviously did not like some of the data (as gun rights groups also didn't like some of the data). Apparently, their primary objection is that an ideological partisan was on the relevant panel. However, they conspicuously fail to mention the other panelists from across the ideological spectrum concerning the issue. I assume that's why they choose not to address the study in their writings, but were nevertheless forced to acknowledge it a later comment.
As to the origins and nature of the report, I'll post a link to a Daily Kos entry, hardly a right-wing, pro-gun source, for some additional context:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/17/1238623/-Defensive-Gun-Use-The-CDC-Report-on-Gun-Violence
Further, as I previously indicated, the report is valuable precisely because it shows the great disparity of the purported facts and figures in the firearms debate. It's a feature, not a bug.
I also correctly quoted the study, and even the lower estimates of defensive gun use (whatever the definition) were still quite substantial.