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re: 45 Shot over Easter weekend in gun free Chicago
Posted on 4/22/14 at 3:25 pm to MJM
Posted on 4/22/14 at 3:25 pm to MJM
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If only we had more guns on the street. That would surely alleviate the problem.
Actually a government study found exactly that...
LINK
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Obama wanted a report on gun violence, and he got one, just not the one he may have been wanting.
A recent study supervised by the CDC and carried out by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council found that individuals involved in violent crimes who defended themselves with a gun were far less likely to be injured than those who were not carrying a firearm.
The report ended up finding more benefits in regards to open or concealed firearm carrying than negative side effects. It is estimated that guns are used in defense up to 3 million times per year. Compare that with the number of violent crimes involving firearms in 2008–300,000.
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The report further confirms that most gun deaths are at the hands of those who used the gun for suicide–not homicide. Suicide by guns outweighs the amount of deaths caused by violent crimes by 61%.
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Posted on 4/22/14 at 3:28 pm to wickowick
How about this one...
Firearm Violence, 1993-2011
Highlights
Firearm-related homicides declined 39%, from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011.
?Nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69%, from 1.5 million victimizations in 1993 to 467,300 victimizations in 2011.
?For both fatal and nonfatal firearm victimizations, the majority of the decline occurred during the 10-year period
from 1993 to 2002.
?Firearm violence accounted for about 70% of all homicides and less than 10% of all nonfatal violent crime from 1993 to 2011.
?About 70% to 80% of firearm homicides and 90% of
nonfatal firearm victimizations were committed with a handgun from 1993 to 2011.
?From 1993 to 2010, males, blacks, and persons ages 18 to 24 had the highest rates of firearm homicide.
?In 2007-11, about 23% of victims of nonfatal firearm crime were injured.
?About 61% of nonfatal firearm violence was reported to the police in 2007-11.
?In 2007-11, less than 1% of victims in all nonfatal violent crimes reported using a firearm to defend themselves during the incident.
?In 2004, among state prison inmates who possessed a gun at the time of offense, less than 2% bought their firearm at a flea market or gun show and 40% obtained their firearm from an illegal source.
Firearm Violence, 1993-2011
Highlights
Firearm-related homicides declined 39%, from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011.
?Nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69%, from 1.5 million victimizations in 1993 to 467,300 victimizations in 2011.
?For both fatal and nonfatal firearm victimizations, the majority of the decline occurred during the 10-year period
from 1993 to 2002.
?Firearm violence accounted for about 70% of all homicides and less than 10% of all nonfatal violent crime from 1993 to 2011.
?About 70% to 80% of firearm homicides and 90% of
nonfatal firearm victimizations were committed with a handgun from 1993 to 2011.
?From 1993 to 2010, males, blacks, and persons ages 18 to 24 had the highest rates of firearm homicide.
?In 2007-11, about 23% of victims of nonfatal firearm crime were injured.
?About 61% of nonfatal firearm violence was reported to the police in 2007-11.
?In 2007-11, less than 1% of victims in all nonfatal violent crimes reported using a firearm to defend themselves during the incident.
?In 2004, among state prison inmates who possessed a gun at the time of offense, less than 2% bought their firearm at a flea market or gun show and 40% obtained their firearm from an illegal source.
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