An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
According to newly released Department of Justice figures, firearm-related homicides fell 39% over the course of 18 years in the USA while non-fatal firearms crimes have fallen a whopping 69% from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced. Firearm-related homicides dropped from 18,253 homicides in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011, and non-fatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011," says a press release from the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
-- Males, blacks, and persons ages 18 to 24 had the highest rates of firearm homicide from 1993 to 2010.
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22-05-2013, 02:10 AM
USA......More Guns = Less Gun-Related Deaths & Crimes.....
