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Gun related crimes down in last 20 years.

Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited May 2013 in A Moving Train
(CNN) -- Gun-related homicides and crime are "strikingly" down from 20 years ago, despite the American public's belief that firearm crime is on the upswing, a new study said Wednesday.

Looking back 50 years, a Pew Research Center study found U.S. gun homicides rose in the 1960s, gained in the 1970s, peaked in the 1980s and the early 1990s, and then plunged and leveled out the past 20 years.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/08/us/study- ... ?hpt=hp_t3


:shock: ....ohhhhhhh really ? :lol:


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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Godfather. wrote:
    (CNN) -- Gun-related homicides and crime are "strikingly" down from 20 years ago, despite the American public's belief that firearm crime is on the upswing, a new study said Wednesday.

    Looking back 50 years, a Pew Research Center study found U.S. gun homicides rose in the 1960s, gained in the 1970s, peaked in the 1980s and the early 1990s, and then plunged and leveled out the past 20 years.

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/08/us/study- ... ?hpt=hp_t3


    :shock: ....ohhhhhhh really ? :lol:


    Godfather.

    Holy shit. You mean you guys have been shooting each other for 50 years now and you still don't want any gun reform?
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  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,096
    Violent crime has been declining for years now. Agreed that perception doesn't always match reality, though. You can see that around AMT, and maybe you've been guilty of that on occasion.
  • mikepegg44mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    Go Beavers wrote:
    Violent crime has been declining for years now. Agreed that perception doesn't always match reality, though. You can see that around AMT, and maybe you've been guilty of that on occasion.


    this is a great example of how much the media can influence perception simply by what it chooses to cover.
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Go Beavers wrote:
    Violent crime has been declining for years now. Agreed that perception doesn't always match reality, though. You can see that around AMT, and maybe you've been guilty of that on occasion.

    more than once I'm sure. :mrgreen:

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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,575
    Ok how about Massacres where there is more than 1 or 2 victims , this issue is not about the everyday shootings and since Newtown 3000 thousand deaths ... So it's all good from your point of view ..
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    josevolution wrote:
    Ok how about Massacres where there is more than 1 or 2 victims , this issue is not about the everyday shootings and since Newtown 3000 thousand deaths ... So it's all good from your point of view ..

    oki doki super hero ! :lol:

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  • Guitar92playerGuitar92player Posts: 664
    About 10,000 still die every year here from firearms. Its down, hooray, but we need to keep lowering it.
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Guitar92player wrote:
    About 10,000 still die every year here from firearms. Its down, hooray, but we need to keep lowering it.

    I doubt more gun control laws would help much, stiffer penaltys for murder and assults whould help I would think.

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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,575
    Godfather. wrote:
    Guitar92player wrote:
    About 10,000 still die every year here from firearms. Its down, hooray, but we need to keep lowering it.

    I doubt more gun control laws would help much, stiffer penaltys for murder and assults whould help I would think.

    Godfather.

    I agree the only answer is to arm everybody specially teachers and movie theater attendants :P
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    josevolution wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    Guitar92player wrote:
    About 10,000 still die every year here from firearms. Its down, hooray, but we need to keep lowering it.

    I doubt more gun control laws would help much, stiffer penaltys for murder and assults whould help I would think.

    Godfather.

    I agree the only answer is to arm everybody specially teachers and movie theater attendants :P

    :lol: awesome !!!!!! ....will these be state paid for guns ? part of the obama bucks program ? what ??? :lol:


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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,575
    All for free GF plus you get an Obama phone with it :lol:
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    josevolution wrote:
    All for free GF plus you get an Obama phone with it :lol:


    :lol::lol::lol::lol: awesome !!!!

    Godfather.
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