Compared with 1993, the peak of U.S. gun homicides, the firearm homicide rate was 49% lower in 2010, and there were fewer deaths, even though the nation’s population grew. The victimization rate for other violent crimes with a firearm—assaults, robberies and sex crimes—was 75% lower in 2011 than in 1993. Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall (with or without a firearm) also is down markedly (72%) over two decades.
Looking back 50 years, the U.S. gun homicide rate began rising in the 1960s, surged in the 1970s, and hit peaks in 1980 and the early 1990s. (The number of homicides peaked in the early 1990s.) The plunge in homicides after that meant that firearm homicide rates in the late 2000s were equal to those not seen since the early 1960s.1 The sharp decline in the U.S. gun homicide rate, combined with a slower decrease in the gun suicide rate, means that gun suicides now account for six-in-ten firearms deaths, the highest share since at least 1981.
It’s clear that President Obama has access to this data, but refuses to discuss it so that he can continue to push his political agenda.
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The CDC has been trying to preform a study on gun violence and it's causes but Congress has shot them down once again. It isn't just obumma that is blocking this information, it is our lazy do nothing legislation as well.
This sickens me. It seems to prove that gun control works. The time line suggests that in the last forty years control has helped. What has happened in the last forty years? Rights taken. Government over reach and conformity. Police gone wild. And gun control.
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