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Guns up, harm down. (Scan).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Some recent data on guns, violence, and gun control that you may not have heard on the evening news: Between 1993 and 1997, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of homicides committed with a firearm dropped by 27 percent, while the number of firearm-related injuries fell 38 percent. During that same period, the number of guns in America increased by nearly 10 percent, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
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