The People's Right to Bear Arms

[Steve Perry]

Again, forgive me if I'm treading on ground that's already been covered; I missed many posts in this thread while working on deadline. but my understanding is that four guns were used, and has anyone made note of the fact that three of them were shotguns/hunting rifles of the sort that would not be affected by any of the usual sorts of gun control legislation?
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From: 	Doug Henwood
Sent: 	Tuesday, April 27, 1999 1:55 PM
To: 	lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Subject: 	Re: The People's Right to Bear Arms

Jim heartfield wrote:


>In message <Pine.NEB.4.10.9904260017510.2852-100000 at panix7.panix.com>,
>Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> writes
>
>> As for numbers,
>>in 1996, 9,390 people were murdered by handguns in the US.  (The total
>>figures, including suicides and accidents are 4 times as high).  During
>>the same period, 30 people were murdered with handguns in Britain.
>
>Are you sure these figures are right?

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1998, table 3.128

MURDERS & NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTERS KNOWN TO POLICE, 1996

total            15,848
firearm          10,744
knife             2,142
blunt object        733
hands, feet, etc.   939
poison                8
explosives           14
fire                151
narcotics            32
strangulation       243
asphyxiation         92
other               750

As for "kids killing kids," 1,496 of the victims were under age 17.

Doug
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