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Related: About this forumGun purchasers set new record in December: FBI
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON | Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:30pm EST
(Reuters) - The number of FBI background checks for U.S. gun purchases set a record in December, as the Connecticut school massacre prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to new FBI data.
The FBI said it recorded 2.8 million background checks during the month, surpassing the record set in November of 2 million checks. The number was up 49 percent over December 2011, when the FBI performed a then-record 1.9 million checks.
(Reporting by David Ingram; Editing by Bill Trott)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/02/us-usa-guns-record-idUSBRE9010H020130102
ileus
(15,396 posts)I keep dropping by the Ammo section only to be disappointed. Looks like I need to invest in a 357. LOL
jody
(26,624 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)You're right I need to get into reloading but just never have since I was a kid and reloaded shotgun shells.
My brother has probably 6 tons of lead lying around so that's the easy part of the mix. All in the form of #10 shot and 22's
jody
(26,624 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)My brother runs a shooting match 3 nights a week (Monday 22's, Fridays and Sats 12ga) "indoors"
The last clean out netted 8 tons 3 years ago.
jody
(26,624 posts)"Gun Control Legislation by the Congressional Research Service (Nov 14, 2012) reports:
- From 1994 to 2011, firearm number [font color = ff0000 size = 3]increased[/font] from 192 million to 310+ million.
- From 1994 to 2011, firearms-related murder rates [font color = ff0000 size = 3]decreased[/font] from 6.6 to 3.2 per 100,000.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)How dare you interject facts into a discussion about guns!!
BigAlanMac
(59 posts)If you read the actual report: www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32842.pdf and get the dates aligned with the corresponding data you get this:
"Gun Control Legislation by the Congressional Research Service (Nov 14, 2012) reports:
- From 1994 to 2009, firearm number increased from 192 million to 310+ million.
- From 1994 to 2009, firearms-related murder rates decreased from 6.3 to 3.4 per 100,000.
jody
(26,624 posts)number of firearms available to civilians in the United States had increased to approximately 310 million: 114 million handguns, 110 million rifles, and 86 million shotguns."
I used the 3.2 rate for 2011 from Table I of the report.
What has been fudged?
BigAlanMac
(59 posts)it's usually the rule that you use numbers for the same years.
The difference between murder rates in 2009 (3.4) and 2011 (3.2) is a difference of ~ 6% which is significant.
Also, the total number of firearms probably increased even more between 2009 and 2011 and even more by now.
Anyway, let's keep the comparison oranges to oranges.
jody
(26,624 posts)slackmaster
(60,567 posts)It will be posted on the Internet.