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Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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3. While the statistics may be mostly correct...

Reply to HAB911 (Original post)

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 01:38 PM

Jan 2017

...the conclusion is overly simplistic.

I agree that California had a drop in firearm homicides that is significantly higher than the US as a whole.

From the CDC's WISQARS database>> https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html
Firearm homicides for 1993:
USA - 18,253
Cal - 3,183

Firearm homicides for 2015:
USA - 12,979
Cal - 1,396

USA overall decline for this period: 29%
CA decline for this period: 56%

I acknowledge the drop and suggest it may be due to issues more complex than new gun laws.

(I'm not making any representation about murder rates because homicide includes more than just murder.)

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Gavin Newsom understates Californias big drop in gun homicides [View all] HAB911 Jan 2017 OP

Understand most of the media and politicrooks don't care or want this known. Tikki Jan 2017 #1

Even better news - gun murders dropped nationwide since 1993... jmg257 Jan 2017 #2

While the statistics may be mostly correct... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2017 #3

Pro & anti 2A folks should seek to understand why the national gun-homicide rate has dropped. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #4