Handguns

U.S. Department of Justice
 
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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...

Handguns Used in More Than One Million Violent Crimes, The Use of Semi-Automatic Guns In Murders Is Increasing

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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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

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1997         202/633-3047

BRADY ACT BACKGROUND CHECKS PREVENT 173,000
ILLEGAL HANDGUN PURCHASES SINCE FEBRUARY 1994
IMPLEMENTATION
                                
Handgun Figure is Subset of More Than 250,000
Firearm Sales Blocked Since February 1994          
                                          
     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In its first analysis of
a subset of the estimated 250,000 illegal firearm
sales blocked by the Brady Act...