This document is meant to provide the personal opinion of the author, not of any

organization or group. The listed data points will be pulled from official US government
sources and categorized according to relevance. The data points will be followed by
conclusions derived from them.
The goal of the data is to determine a common concept, that having firearms means
more violence and crime. Data will include volumes of homicides, suicides, and assaults
perpetrated in the US, the quantity of firearms, and the prevalence of firearms.

Data:
Homicides in the US:
-FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation): 14,000 people were killed in homicides of all
types in 2008, falling continuously to 12,765 in 2012, 12,253 in 2013
-FBI,: 9,258 individuals were killed using firearms in 2008, also falling to 8,897 in
2012, and 8,454 in 2013
-BJS(Bureau of Justice Statistics): the murder rate dropped by 49% between 1992
and 2011
-BJS: the number of homicides involving a firearm also dropped by 39% between
1992 and 2011
-BJS: the percentage of homicides committed using handguns have dropped from
1992 to 2011
-BJS: the percentage of other firearms(including rifles and shotguns of all types)
remained stable from 1992 to 2011
-BJS: the murder rates in all types of communities have dropped from 1992 to 2011,
especially in large cities(49%)
-BJS: the murder rate in large cities went from below 30 per 100,000 individuals in
1992 to just above 10 per 100,000 individuals in 2011
Assaults with Firearms in the US:
-BJS: non-fatal firearms violence(such as assault) decreased 69% from 1993 to 2011
-BJS: violent victimizations committed with a firearm(i.e. rape, assault) by strangers
decreased from 12.3 in 1993-1998 to 10.4 from 1999-2010
-BJS: violent victimizations committed with a firearm by person(s) known to the
victim remained static from 1993 to 2010

Production of Firearms for the Domestic Civilian market in the US:

-BATFE(Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives): production of
pistols(NOT revolvers) totaled 960,365, of which only 29,537 were exported, in 1998
-BATFE: production of pistols totaled 2,598,133, of which only 121,035 were
exported, in 2011
-BATFE: production of rifles(INCLUDING "assault rifles", but NOT "Short barreled
rifles", "Any other weapons", "Machine Guns", or true "Assault Rifles") totaled
1,345,899, of which only 65,807 were exported, in 1998
-BATFE: production of rifles totaled 2,318,088, of which only 79,256 were exported,
in 2011

Deaths by Accidental Discharge of a Firearm:

-CDC(Center for Disease Control): Accidental Death by Firearm decreased from 824
in 1999 to 606 in 2010
-CDC: only 25 1-4 year olds and 37 5-14 year olds died from the accidental
discharge of firearms
NFA Firearms Registered
-BATFE: 147,484 National Firearms Act regulated arms("Silencers/Sound
Suppressors", "Destructive Devices", "Short barreled shotguns or rifles", "Any other
weapons") were processed for registration in 2005.(NFA regulates all movement or
change in ownership of such items)
-BATFE: 1,112,041 NFA items were processed in 2012

Trends noted:
-The number of people killed has decreased continually since 1998
-The use of firearms in homicides has decreased since 1992
-Overall, violent crime has dropped since 1992
-Crime in urban areas, where most crimes occur, has significantly decreased
-The production of all firearms types(the major two being listed) has increased
-The number of firearms produced being exported has only marginally increased
-The number of people(including children) being killed accidentally by firearms is
decreasing
-More heavily regulated and dangerous items were transferred with slightly declining
crime and murder rate
-Crime rate dropped with rate of handgun use in crimes

Non-Government Data(Cited)/Other Trends:

-US ammunition and firearm sales skyrocketed both Obama elections
-Police Response differ greatly, from less than 20 minutes in urban areas to more
than an hour for rural areas
-Most owners of firearms reference self-defence as the main reason to posses
-American law protects property and personal rights, allows for defence of them
-Cannot link "assault weapons" to crime, 1994-2004 ban was not cause of crime drop
-Ban had no effect on increases in school shootings
-Fast response linked to faster put down of shooters
-Restricting market closes competition, selection for Law enforcement and military
-Private market drives American weapon makers, foreign companies build here
-Banned weapons generally not type used in crimes anyways
-Common weapons for criminals are cheap or common handguns, revolvers
-California found most common calibers were pistol or pistol compatible, followed
by hunting rounds
Notes:
-Only partially updated to 2013, most statistics released two years after
-All government information is cited, most non-government

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