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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Re: Gun Control Thread- Should we?
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In 2011, an estimated 14,612 persons were murdered in the United States. This was a 0.7 percent decrease from the 2010 estimate, a 14.7 percent decline from the 2007 figure, and a 10.0 percent decrease from the 2002 estimate. FBI — Murder This is a total for murder, not just gun murder. I would suggest that you're telling lies again. Please be thorough enough to post your sources other than an appallingly biased website. FBI should do. Waiting......... You could try here: FactCheck.org : Gun Rhetoric vs. Gun Facts However, Barber said gun violence has “dropped precipitously” from the early 1990s — a trend criminologists chalked up to “changes in the crack cocaine market.” Her observation is supported by crime data and surveys. As we said earlier, the homicide rate since 1981 peaked in 1993 at 7 per 100,000. In addition, the Census Bureau’s annual National Crime Victimization Survey collects data on nonfatal firearm-related violent crimes, including those not reported to police. That data set shows a dramatic decline in gun violence since the early 1990s. But you won't like the result. |
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