re: 45 Shot over Easter weekend in gun free Chicago

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.