Tuesday, June 11, 2013
"Bureau of Justice Statistics Firearm Violence, 1993-2011"
The number of firearm related homicides since 1993 has DROPPED by 39%.
The media has made that very clear, hasn't it? [sarcasm]...
The media has made that very clear, hasn't it? [sarcasm]...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics recently posted this:
"WASHINGTON–Firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69 percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides dropped from 18,253 homicides in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011, and nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million victimizations in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011."