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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 01:59 PM Jan 2013

Gun purchasers set new record in December: FBI

Source: Reuters

Gun purchasers set new record in December: FBI

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
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ileus

(15,396 posts)
1. Now it's hard to find ammo to feed those new puppies.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:11 PM
Jan 2013

I keep dropping by the Ammo section only to be disappointed. Looks like I need to invest in a 357. LOL

ileus

(15,396 posts)
4. Plenty of lead...
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:20 PM
Jan 2013

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

ileus

(15,396 posts)
7. It's hanging out at the end of the tunnel.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 03:51 PM
Jan 2013

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)
2. Recent purchases of firearms will be a check of the gun-creationists theory that guns cause crime.
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 02:12 PM
Jan 2013

"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.

 

BigAlanMac

(59 posts)
8. Somebody fudged the numbers a little
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 06:08 PM
Jan 2013

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)
9. I used 310+ million for 2011 from the CRS statement "By the same year, 2009, the estimated total
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 06:25 PM
Jan 2013

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)
10. When citing statistics
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 01:45 AM
Jan 2013

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.

 

slackmaster

(60,567 posts)
11. This news will result in someone else doing or saying something else somewhere else
Thu Jan 3, 2013, 01:49 AM
Jan 2013

It will be posted on the Internet.

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