Readers of this blog may be interested in knowing that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Reports are available on the FBI website for reporting years 1995 through 2007. Invaluable research matterial, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program was conceived in 1929 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to [...]
Posts under ‘Crime and Guns’
Myth: Guns are often used to commit violent crimes
Fact: 90% of all violent crimes in the U.S. do not involve firearms of any type.1
Fact: Even in crimes where the offender possessed a gun during the commission of the crime, 83% did not use or threaten to use the gun.2
Fact: Less than 1% of firearms will ever be used in the commission of a [...]
