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In reply to the discussion: America is no longer gun-shy about gun control [View all]benEzra
(12,148 posts)40. "Swept under the rug"?  Ummm, no.  The FBI publishes them annually.
        "....I don't vouch explicitly for any stats because gun violence even tho it's out in the open is so swept under the rug by the lawmakers, (politicians) bureaucracy (fbi) and nra (lobbyists..)"
"Swept under the rug"? Ummm, no. The FBI publishes them in a huge publication every single year, in the Uniform Crime Reports, accessible from the FBI website. The weapons data is in Table 20, Murder by State and Type of Weapon.
Murder, by State and Type of Weapon, 2014 (FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 2014)
[font face="courier new"]Total murders...................... 11,961
Handguns............................ 5,562 (46.5%)
Firearms (type unknown)............. 2,052 (17.2%)
Clubs, rope, fire, etc.............. 1,610 (13.5%)
Knives and other cutting weapons.... 1,567 (13.1%)
Hands, fists, feet.................... 660 (5.5%)
Shotguns.............................. 262 (2.2%)
Rifles................................ 248 (2.1%) [/font]
2013:
Murder, by State and Type of Weapon, 2013 (FBI)
[font face="courier new"] Total murders...................... 12,253
Handguns............................ 5,782 (47.2%)
Firearms (type unknown)............. 2,079 (17.0%)
Clubs, rope, fire, etc.............. 1,622 (13.2%)
Knives and other cutting weapons.... 1,490 (12.2%)
Hands, fists, feet.................... 687 (5.6%)
Shotguns.............................. 308 (2.5%)
Rifles................................ 285 (2.3%) [/font]
That continues a 20-year trend of declining gun violence, which is now roughly half of what it was in the early 1990s.
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        The number of gun related deaths is 33k. The majority of which are suicides not murders
        Press Virginia
        Feb 2016
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        "First we both have to agree that gun nuts fetishize guns, violence and second amendment rights"
        Nuclear Unicorn
        Feb 2016
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        Your interlocutor is having a time-out. Something about gun control seems to induce logorrhea...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2016
        #58
      
        
        It's a sad sight to witness otherwise intelligent people in the throes of false consensus effect
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2016
        #29
      
        
        Someone forgot to inform the citizens of Illinois, Minnesota, and Massachusetts...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Feb 2016
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