RetiredGySgt
Diamond Member
You keep arguing that crime is going up and accidental shootings are going up then you post this. shizo much?And Deblasio is gutting the cops budget and removing the programs that allowed that success.I guess you forgot this post right dumb ass?Notice the actual rate of non fatal accidental shootings...from the CDC, which does not support what you posted...
Nonfatal and Fatal Firearm-Related Injuries -- United States, 1993-1997
CDC non fatal gun accident.....
1993... 104,390
1994... 89,744
1995... 84,322
1996... 69,649
1997... 64,207
2001.... 17,696
2002... 17,579
2003... 18,941
2004... 16,555
2005... 15,388
2006... 14,678
2007... 15,698
2008... 17,215
2009... 18,610
2010... 14,161
2011... 14,675
2012... 17,362
2013... 16,864
2014..... 15,928
From your own cite. You really have a reading problem.
The overall percentage decline in nonfatal and fatal firearm-related injury rates in the U.S. population from 1993 through 1997 is consistent with a 21% decrease in violent crime during the same time (4). Since 1950, unintentional fatal firearm-related injury rates have declined. NEISS data also suggest a decline since 1993 in the rate of nonfatal unintentional firearm-related injuries treated in hospital EDs. Most of these nonfatal injuries occurred among males aged 15-44 years, were self-inflicted, and were associated with hunting, target shooting, and routine gun handling (i.e., cleaning, loading, and unloading a gun) (5). Additional investigation should focus on factors that may have contributed to the decrease, such as gun safety courses and information campaigns, the proportion of the population that uses guns for recreational purposes, and legislation.
For one, it wasn't my cite. And another, it shows a gradual decrease in non lethal firearms shootings. It doesn't say whether it's from attempted suicide or attempted homicide or accidental. But what it does show is that NYC is back to the level it once was in the 1950s. If you presented the murder rate, it would also be back at the same rate as the 1950s. And they did it without dumping more guns on the street for it's citizens. More guns has never been the answer. NYC has found their own answer by increasing funding for the Cops, getting those cops into the high crime areas and working closely with the citizens in those areas. It's worked so well, it's attracting industry back into NYC and putting people back to work which also is the enemy of crime. Now, if we could only get Chicago to do the same.
And you know this how? You will notice the crime rate is continuing to go down each year. Imagine that. Could you be wro,.,,,,,,,,, incorrect there Fonz?