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Reply #76: And practically all gang-related murders involve HANDGUNS, NOT RIFLES. [View All]

benEzra

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Tue Mar-10-09 08:07 AM
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76. And practically all gang-related murders involve HANDGUNS, NOT RIFLES.

Edited on Tue Mar-10-09 08:08 AM by benEzra

In the state of California in 2007, there were 2,249 murders. All rifles COMBINED accounted for 51, or 2.2%, per the FBI.

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/data/table_20.html

And if all those gang members are shooting people with rifles, how come there were only 4 rifle murders in the entire state of Illinois in 2007, out of 463 murders overall?

"Gang shooting" and "rifle shooting" are rarely synonymous. You appear to have confused the two.

And BTW, how do you think the AWB reduced rifle crime, considering that it (A) didn't ban civilian AK's, AR-15 type rifles, SKS's, etc., (B) didn't affect rifle magazine capacities or prices, and (C) INCREASED, not decreased, sales of AR's and civilian AK's 1994-2004 as compared to 1993 and prior?

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Reply #76: And practically all gang-related murders involve HANDGUNS, NOT RIFLES. [View All]