[branchan]

It is unfair to quote that statistic. Germany has one of the strictest gun control laws in the world and one needs to give a reason for owning a gun and self-defense is not an accepted reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_legislation_in_Germany

Given that it is harder for an individual to obtain a gun, it naturally makes it less often that the German police will need to discharge their weapon.