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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year ago gang violence like this which is the mass majority of all of our gun crime Source? The most recent stats I could find for gang-related deaths (gun or not) was 2012, when there were 2,363 reported out of a national total of 12,765 homicides.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-11•1 year agoWith 8,855 firearm murders in 2012, 2,363 is a significant part of that. https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2008-2012.xls
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoThe 2,363 figure also includes non-firearm murders—I was looking for directly-comparable stats. But in any case, it isn’t anywhere near a “mass majority”.
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The most recent stats I could find for gang-related deaths (gun or not) was 2012, when there were 2,363 reported out of a national total of 12,765 homicides.
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With 8,855 firearm murders in 2012, 2,363 is a significant part of that.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded-homicide/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2008-2012.xls
The 2,363 figure also includes non-firearm murders—I was looking for directly-comparable stats.
But in any case, it isn’t anywhere near a “mass majority”.