GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoNashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local parkwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square286fedilinkarrow-up1493arrow-down112
arrow-up1481arrow-down1external-linkNashville college freshman Jillian Ludwig dies after being hit by a stray bullet at a local parkwww.nbcnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square286fedilink
minus-squareSheeEttin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down13·11 months 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-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months 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”.
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”.