- After peaking in 1993, the number of gun crimes reported to police declined and then stabilized at levels last seen in 1988.
- In 2006, about 68% of all murders, 42% of all robberies, and 22% of all aggravated assaults that were reported to the police were committed with a firearm.
- According to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, in 2001 about 39% of the deaths that resulted from firearm injuries were homicides, 57% were suicides, 3% were unintentional, and 1% were of undetermined intent.
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Whose side are you on? Doesn’t that chart support the gun control side?
I know I’m probably going to regret it but here goes.
Okay Mikeb302000, what in that graph could possibly support the ‘gun control’ side of the argument?
Have gun laws gotten more restrictive since 1993?
Has the number of firearms owned by civilians decreased?
Are fewer people carrying firearms?
Just what did you see in the graph that would lead you to say it supports the gun control side?
I’m on the 2nd amendment and the Constitution’s side! I don’t think law abiding citizens are committing all these crimes…. maybe your friends?