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Posted by benEzra in Guns
Tue Jun 23rd 2009, 11:52 AM
So huh. Firearms other than handguns account may be used in 1.2% of all non-lethal violent crimes, but they are used in 1 in 8 non-lethal violent crimes where a firearm is used.

"Firearms other than handguns" are about equally split between rifles and shotguns, per the FBI UCR data, ignoring the very small contribution from Title 2 stuff. 1.2% (rifle + shotgun) works out to 0.6% rifle and 0.6% shotgun. And 1 in 8 gun crimes (rifle + shotgun) works out to rifle involvement 1 in 16 nonlethal violent crimes in which a firearm is used, plus another 1 in 16 involving shotguns.

1 divided by 16 is 6.25%. That is not significantly different from the 2007 FBI UCR, which shows rifles involved in 3% of homicides and 5% of firearm homicides, that you keep pretending is way, way low.

You just validated the point that rifles are not a significant contributor to violent crime, whether lethal or nonlethal. 0.6% of nonlethal violent crimes and 3% of murders does not support the "ZOMG RIFLES ARE THE BOGEYMAN!!!111" meme being peddled here.

Yes, playing your little shell game with numbers is fun, but the fact remains that rifles of ANY type are involved in fewer than 1% of nonlethal violent crimes (by your own post above) and 3% of murders (per the FBI UCR).
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