Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2008 - Statistical Tables
Date Published
August 2009
Publication Type
Data Table
Agencies
BJS
U.S. Department of Justice ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EST BJS SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1994 202-307-0784 RECORD NUMBER OF HANDGUN CRIMES--NEARS ONE MILLION A YEAR WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of non-fatal crimes committed with a handgun rose to a record level during 1992, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Handguns were used in an estimated 917,500 non-fatal crimes...
Violent Offenders Increasingly Likely to be Armed U.S. Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BJS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1994 202-307-0784 VIOLENT OFFENDERS INCREASINGLY LIKELY TO BE ARMED WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Violent offenders are increasingly likely to be armed, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said today. While the overall violent crime rate decreased during the last decade, the rate of offenses committed with pistols and...
Handguns Used in More Than One Million Violent Crimes, The Use of Semi-Automatic Guns In Murders Is Increasing U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1995 202-307-0784 HANDGUNS USED IN MORE THAN ONE MILLION VIOLENT CRIMES THE USE OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNS IN MURDERS IS INCREASING WASHINGTON, D.C.--About 1.3 million U.S. residents faced an assailant armed with a...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 5 P.M. EDT BJS THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1996 202/307-0784 ONE-QUARTER OF THE CRIME VICTIMS WHO ARE SHOT ARE YOUNG BLACK MALES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal study of non- fatal firearm injuries from crime shows that almost 90 percent of such victims were male, 59 percent were black and 49 percent were from 15 to 24 years...