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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS |
| WEDNESDAY, November 13, 2024, 12:00 PM ET | Contact: OJP MEDIA [email protected] |
Press release
In recent years, 90% of all firearm violence involved a handgun
WASHINGTON ― In 2023, the rate of nonfatal firearm violence was 2.0 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, down 72% from 7.3 per 1,000 in 1993...
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| TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 | Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241 |
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11,101 FATAL AND 467,300 NONFATAL FIREARM VICTIMIZATIONS OCCURRED IN 2011
WASHINGTON–Firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69 percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides dropped...
