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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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3. No. 2: Curiously, the far higher homicide rates in the 50s & 60s (guns) must...

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 01:50 PM

Nov 2015

...have been accomplished with revolvers more than with semi-autos as the latter form was less popular. Even now, according to data I've seen here, the most popular gun in homicides is still the .38/.357 family of firearms. I suspect that with the huge shift from revolvers for SD (both police and civilian) to semi-autos for SD has resulted in a surfeit of the less popular wheelguns on the market.

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PoliceOne's Gun Control Survey: 11 key lessons from officers' perspectives [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 OP

police one survey 'by invitation only' to members of police one jimmy the one Nov 2015 #1

regarding a response akin to junk science discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #2

I'm not slumbering jimmy the one Nov 2015 #4

apology accepted discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #5

Oh and BTW..... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #6

No. 2: Curiously, the far higher homicide rates in the 50s & 60s (guns) must... Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #3

IIRC in the '50s and '60s... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #7