RE: Re Look out! long hair gun loon!

Laws, David (lawsd@magic.dcrt.nih.gov)
Sun, 21 Dec 1997 12:43:39 -0500

Actually, the chart shows the percentage of all murders from firearms
fluctuated between 42.6% and 71.3%. Where do you see this 80% to 95%
range?

-drl
david_laws@nih.gov

-----Original Message-----
Well, after a bit more web surfing, I came upon a chart showing
murder rate is the US broken down by weapon. The web page is
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FSAC/Crime_in_Brief/murder.asp
and the chart shows that between 1971 and 1995, the percentage
of murders that occur with firearms fluctates between about 80%
and 95%. So, my argument is complete: the per-capita murder rate
in the US is between 10 and 50 times higher than in other developed
nations, and the slack can almost entirely be taken up by firearms.