Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993-2023
Date Published
November 2024
Weapons
Use of Weapons in Committing Crimes
Date Published
November 1986
Weapons offenses and offenders: Firearms, crime, and criminal justice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1995 202/307-0784
23 PERCENT OF THOSE ARRESTED FOR WEAPONS OFFENSES
ARE YOUNGER THAN 18 YEARS OLD
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Almost a quarter of those
arrested for weapons offenses are minors, the
Department of Justice said today. In a study of
people arrested for weapons offenses during 1993,
23 percent were...