beautress
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Typo!JoeB claimed in another thread that firearm deaths were going up Here is a chart from 1993 to 2011.
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf
I typed up some highlights from your link, Gunny:
U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs
https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Special Report, May 2013, NCJ241730
FIREARM VIOLENCE, 1993-2011;
Michael Planty, PhD & J. L. Truman, PhD
BJS Statisticians
HIGHLIGHTS
Firearm-related homicides declined 395 from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. Typo (see below)
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 majoriy of the decline
occured during the 10-year period from 1993 to 2002.
Firearm violence accounted for ~ 70% of all homicides and less than
10% of all nonfatal violent crimes 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 2007-2011, about 23% of victims of nonfatal firearm crime were
injured
About 61% of nonfatal firearm violence was reported to the police in
2007-2011.
In 2007-2011, less than 1% of victims in all nonfatal violent crimes
reported using a firearm for self-defense during the incident.
In 2004, prisoners who possessed a gun at the time of offence, less than
2% bought firearm at a flea market or gun show. 40% were obtained from an
illegal source.
Firearm-related homicides declined 39% from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011.
Somehow, 39% was mistyped. I noticed this morning first thing, it didn't add up. That's because my % is above the 5, and somehow didn't register as %, but "5". I don't have the equipment to copy and save pdf files, so I retyped it onto a notepad, copied the entire "highlights" area I had retyped, and didn't catch the error last night.
My apologies!