Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Gun Violence Drops Precipitously

Hmmmm.

Over the last twenty years, gun homicide rates have fallen by 49%, and nonfatal firearm crime has fallen even more greatly....

Further,

...The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and sex crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades. ...

It would be even more interesting to find a study which demonstrates the co-incidence between "gun violence" and "drug gangs".  The way I hear it from the thin-blue-line people I know, that is the vast majority of the problem.

HT:  Arms/Law

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now that only 30 percent of US citizens own guns, you'd expect to see some progress. As you auto-erotic gun geeks thin out, we can expect even more precipitous drops in gun violence stats.

Anonymous said...

Anon 8:04

Fantasize much or is it drug induced.

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Anonymous said...

How are we doing on the suicide front? How about the 5 year-old kids accidentally killing their 3 year-old sisters? 2 year-olds killing themselves with uncle's guns?

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Dad29 said...

Anon 12A: what does that have to do with the murder rate?

As to accidental deaths, I demand that you give up use of your cars. Turn in the keys. They're a danger to all humanity.