OH SNAP… GUN RELATED HOMICIDE DOWN 39% SINCE 1993!

By Eric Odom
Published: May 7, 2013 | 0 Comments



Actually there are two studies. The first one shows a 39% drop. The second… a 49% drop!

A study released Tuesday by the government’s Bureau of Justice Statistics found that gun-related homicides dropped from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. That’s a 39 percent reduction.

Another report by the private Pew Research Center found a similar decline by looking at the rate of gun homicides, which compares the number of killings to the size of the country’s population.

It found that the number of gun homicides per 100,000 people fell from 7 in 1993 to 3.6 in 2010, a drop of 49 percent.

This out in time for a possible new push for gun control in the Senate.

H/T: WZ

http://www.libertynews.com/2013/05/o...39-since-1993/