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Gun Control & RKBA

jimmy the one

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18. bjs murder rates stats

Reply to benEzra (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 24, 2014, 01:26 PM

Nov 2014

Again, noting the drop in HH & personal gun ownership rates from 1993 - 2000 - 2011, readers will see the correlation with the drop in murder as a percentage involving a firearm from 1993 - 2000, then a leveling off (w slight increase) as HH gun ownership rates leveled off from 2000 - 2011. It's an uncanny correlation imo.

Percent of violence {homicide} involving a firearm, 1993–2011
1993 .. 71.2%
1994 ...71.4
1995 ...69.0
1996 ...68.0
1997 ...68.0
1998 ...65.9
1999 ...64.1
2000 ...64.4
2001 ...55.9 ... scratch, 9/11 included ~3,000
2002 ...67.1
2003 ...67.2
2004 ...67.0
2005 ...68.2
2006 ...68.9
2007 ...68.8
2008 ...68.3
2009 ...68.4
2010 ...68.1
2011c ..69.6 http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf

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The FBI violence stats for 2013 are out. [View all] benEzra Nov 2014 OP

It's not just homicides; all crimes are down. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #1

Good point about total crime being down! benEzra Nov 2014 #2

a real contributing reason for drop in crime jimmy the one Nov 2014 #3

Your post shows that gun ownership has kioa Nov 2014 #5

repeat jimmy the one Nov 2014 #7

No, gun ownership has been steady since the mid-1990s, while murders decreased 50%. benEzra Nov 2014 #9

BJS & gallup jimmy the one Nov 2014 #17

bjs murder rates stats jimmy the one Nov 2014 #18

Guns per capita vs murder rate. kioa Nov 2014 #19

california apples, florida oranges jimmy the one Nov 2014 #20

Hardly. Both my & your examples show zero correlation between guns per capita & murder rates. kioa Nov 2014 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #22

We weren't supposed to notice that TX has more guns per capita and less murder than CA friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #23

buy a new deck of cards jimmy the one Nov 2014 #24

You are now contradicting what you've been claiming in the other thread friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #25

"I have a sneaking suspicion you're not playing with a full deck of cards. " blueridge3210 Nov 2014 #26

et tu jimmy the one Dec 2014 #27

Um, yeah. blueridge3210 Dec 2014 #28

Oh, really? Did a bunch of guns just disappear? Did they magically vaporize? NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #12

'Tragic canoeing accidents'. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #16

How odd, crime is down while firearms sales reached all time highs Lurks Often Nov 2014 #4

such dishonesty jimmy the one Nov 2014 #6

"You are well aware of what I've just posted"-and it's just as true now than it was then friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #8

I am struck by decline in handgun homicides. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #10

50,000 stolen guns a year are more than enough to supply all the criminals with guns..... Logical Nov 2014 #11

a claim of 50,000/year melm00se Nov 2014 #13

What? That is only guns stolen from FFL holders. Not home burglarys, etc. Not sure..... Logical Nov 2014 #14

Here you go, I was wrong, it was 190,000 in 2012....... Logical Nov 2014 #15