Gun deaths down 30%

Washington Examiner ^ | 10/23/15 | Paul Bedard

[Isara]

The number and rate of firearm murders has hit a new low since the sky-high gun killings during the 1990s, with California topping an FBI list despite having some of the toughest anti-gun laws on the books.

Data from the FBI and Pew Research Center show that all gun violence has declined since the Clinton era, though suicides blamed on guns has ticked up.

In a new report, Pew said that between 1993 and 2000, the firearm murder rate dropped by almost half, from seven homicides to 3.8 homicides per 100,000 people. It also said that all gun deaths -- murder, suicide, police and accidental -- have dropped 30 percent since 1993.

The FBI data shows that the actual number of gun murders has dropped from 10,129 in 2007 to 8,454 in 2013. California had the most at 1,224, though it has several anti-gun laws in force.

The FBI also reported that the overall murder rate in the United States has declined. About three quarters of all murders involve firearms. "In 2013, the estimated number of murders in the nation was 14,196. This was a 4.4 percent decrease from the 2012 estimate, a 7.8 percent decrease from the 2009 figure, and a 12.1 percent drop from the number in 2004," said the agency.

The numbers again point to the irony in the media and among some in the public that gun violence is up, an opinion that helps drive the call for gun control.

[Isara]

FYI

[Calpublican]

The Left is not going to let inconvenient facts stand in their way.

[rktman]

Well, according to momunists, this is all just NRA propaganda and made up charts. Oh, and additionally, NU UH.

#factsdontmatter :>}

[Alberta's Child]

I hate to disappoint you, but these numbers involving fatalities are among the most misleading statistics you'll find anywhere. I deal professionally with similar figures involving auto accidents, and I've reached the point where I routinely dismiss fatality rates as completely irrelevant to my work.

The problem is that fatalities -- whether they involve guns, cars, or anything of that sort that could lead to death from something other than "natural causes" -- are declining for reasons that have nothing to do with the number of incidents involving guns, cars, etc. The decline of fatalities in these cases is mainly attributable to improvements in medical care, and tp the increased urbanization of this country which has resulted in more and more people living in close proximity to hospitals with state-of-the-art trauma care facilities.

[vpintheak]

Even though gun ownership has syrocketed huh? I thought guns killed people!? And people don’t?

[Rodamala]

They are not counting the number of family dogs killed by LEOs.

[G Larry]

Hey....I didn’t see any data on the number of firearms purchased during that same period?

Need a chart correlating gun deaths and gun purchases, by state.

Here is the short version:

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[TYVets]

Hey....I didn’t see any data on the number of firearms purchased during that same period?

A shorter period of time so the number of purchases would be higher and NICS Checks for long guns can be for more than one firearm.

November 1009 to November 2012 NICS Applications 156,577,260 total.

Over 156 million has to be a sizable increase.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/number-of-guns-sold-in-us-each-year-2012-12

[CPT Clay]

Won’t see this in MSM

[smokingfrog]

The FBI also reported that the overall murder rate in the United States has declined.

... except in Chicago ...