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12-06-2015, 02:56 PM
According to a Washington Post article, fewer Americans are dying from gun violence. The shift began two decades ago and it isn’t a modest change:
- In 1993, there were 7 firearm-homicides per 100,000 Americans.
- In 2013, there were 3.6 firearm-homicides per 100,000 Americans (the figure fell by nearly half).
The Post story says, “The decline in gun violence is part of an overall decline in violent crime, even as a certain type of mass shootings are apparently becoming more frequent. [Nonetheless] America has become a much less violent place.” Victims of non-fatal gun violence declined even more.
Researchers used data from the Centers For Disease Control. The Post listed five reasons that the analysts favored, such as...
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20151205/COLUMNIST/151209787/2416/NEWS?Title=Lyons-Gun-violence-down-Those-are-fighting-words
- In 1993, there were 7 firearm-homicides per 100,000 Americans.
- In 2013, there were 3.6 firearm-homicides per 100,000 Americans (the figure fell by nearly half).
The Post story says, “The decline in gun violence is part of an overall decline in violent crime, even as a certain type of mass shootings are apparently becoming more frequent. [Nonetheless] America has become a much less violent place.” Victims of non-fatal gun violence declined even more.
Researchers used data from the Centers For Disease Control. The Post listed five reasons that the analysts favored, such as...
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20151205/COLUMNIST/151209787/2416/NEWS?Title=Lyons-Gun-violence-down-Those-are-fighting-words