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Contrary to what you may have read or seen on the news, the U.S. is not a gun-toting nation of violent cowboys and Rambo's. Oh, the message is there; it's just not supported by the facts.
The facts in this case, are official U.S. government crime figures released annually by the FBI. There are two sets of reports, Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), and Crime In The United States (CUIS). We'll also look at long range crime data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), which is also a Department of Justice reporting agency.
BJS homicide data goes back as far as 1976. That year there were 18,780 homicides. The population was also smaller than it is today; population size affects the rate per 100,000 people, the default measure for reporting rates. Homicides in the U.S. peaked in the early 1990's and between 1990 to 1994 homicides were around 21,000-24,000, with single highest year clocking in 24,700 homicides (1991). The trend since then has seen crime go down.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports show homicides dropped to 12,664 in 2011, the last year available. The murder rate has dropped from 9.3 per 100,000 in 1992 to 4.7 per 100,000 in 2011.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/2...-crime-have-dropped-50-over-the-last-20-years
The facts in this case, are official U.S. government crime figures released annually by the FBI. There are two sets of reports, Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), and Crime In The United States (CUIS). We'll also look at long range crime data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), which is also a Department of Justice reporting agency.
BJS homicide data goes back as far as 1976. That year there were 18,780 homicides. The population was also smaller than it is today; population size affects the rate per 100,000 people, the default measure for reporting rates. Homicides in the U.S. peaked in the early 1990's and between 1990 to 1994 homicides were around 21,000-24,000, with single highest year clocking in 24,700 homicides (1991). The trend since then has seen crime go down.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports show homicides dropped to 12,664 in 2011, the last year available. The murder rate has dropped from 9.3 per 100,000 in 1992 to 4.7 per 100,000 in 2011.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/2...-crime-have-dropped-50-over-the-last-20-years
