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Thread: New DoJ report on Firearm Violence, 1993-2011

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    New DoJ report on Firearm Violence, 1993-2011

    http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf

    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.
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    The thing I love is that total firearms has nearly doubled in that time frame.
    "I'm not saying I invented the turtleneck. But I was the first person to realize its potential as a tactical garment. The tactical turtleneck! The... tactleneck! - Sterling Archer"
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    "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important
    than one's fear. The timid presume it is lack of fear that allows the brave to act when the timid do not."

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