Report: Sharp drop in gun violence, but most killings still involve firearms

Washington Post ^ | May 7, 2013 | Jerry Markon

[stephenjohnbanker]

Firearms are easier to carry than a canon....

[knarf]

Filed under;

Yeah, So ?

[Seizethecarp]

This report of plunging “firearm-homicide” comes from Barry and Holder’s own DOJ! Whoever in DOJ released it might need “witness protection” from the GOP.

[Seizethecarp]

The WaPo writer desperately tries to trumpet the HUGH and SERIES percentage of homicides still related to firearms...even though those PLUNGED in number, TOO!

[stephenjohnbanker]

” The WaPo writer desperately tries to trumpet the HUGH and SERIES percentage of homicides still related to firearms...even though those PLUNGED in number, TOO!”

Exactly.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

The mass media has misused the First Amendment a hell of a lot more than the citizens of this country have misused the second amendment.

[TurboZamboni]

Less than 1 percent of state prison inmates who possessed a gun when they committed their offense obtained the firearm at a gun show, the report said.

quite a "loophole" , those gunshows.

[mountainlion]

FLASH: Chicago still not enforcing gun laws!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

WHO is doing all that shooting?

[NY Attitude]

Wasn’t there a recent report that murders are committed in larger numbers with items other than those with firearms?

[smokingfrog]

Blacks are 7x more likely to be killed by a gun.

= Guns are racist.

[nevergore]

I’m working on my limp pasta killing machine.....

When I perfect it, it will move to number one....

[llevrok]

I used to do a lot of business travel in Asia where guns are not common.

If some one is nuts enough to commit a murder, they will find another weapon. Such as knives .... and hammers (both popular out there).

[backwoods-engineer]

You know, I'm really beyond this "how many homicides per gun in the United States" argument. Truth is, I don't care if homicides INCREASE, because there are people in this country who I would rather see kill each other "in the hood" rather than have to support in the prison systems the rest of their lives, while they recruit for radical Islam and burn money the United States doesn't have.

Even if homicides double, I am for more gun freedom, and for more people owning guns. Even if homicides are multiplied TENFOLD, I am still for more people owning guns.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

How many thwarted robberies, rapes and murders involved a gun?

[Truth is a Weapon]

Could it be that with homes, autos and some small businesses are armed against crime that fewer of those crimes are being committed? Could it be that, at least on the margin, criminals are making a rational trade-off of not risking their lives?

[Erik Latranyi]

Here comes the sping.........

[HawaiianGecko]

I’m with you. I believe in Darwin awards.

[Seizethecarp]

“Could it be that, at least on the margin, criminals are making a rational trade-off of not risking their lives?”

This is certainly true of carjackers, once CC was introduced state by state. Carjackings plunged once drivers could be legally armed.