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Gun Control & RKBA

yagotme

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2. Curious as to where you got your numbers?

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 02:36 PM

Dec 2021

"I have wondered if all the gun violence increases (20-30% every year since 2014)"

Weapons 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total 12,278 13,780 15,318 15,195 14,123
Total firearms: 7,803 9,103 10,372 11,006 10,265
Handguns 5,342 6,176 6,762 7,051 6,603
Rifles 235 215 300 390 297
Shotguns 238 247 247 264 235
Other guns 88 151 172 180 167

Looks like it went DOWN in '18. Looks like your % numbers are off, too.

(FBI data https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls )
Grr, can't get it to tab properly.

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