Gun Crimes Plummet Even As Gun Sales Rise

GUNCRIMES PLUMMET EVEN AS RISE Since the early 1990s, homicides and other crimes involving firearms have decreased dramatically -- a trend that a majority of Americans say they are unaware of. Homicides with Firearms 20 K 18 K 16 K v39% 14 K 12 K б0 10 K 8 K 4 K 1993 K = Thousand 2011 1.6 M Other Crime With Firearms 1.4 M 1.2 M v69% IM .8 M .6 M .4 M .2 M 1993 M = Million 2011 120 M Cumulative Firearms to Market 100 M 80 M 60 M ii 40 M 20 M M = Million 1993 2012 of Americans think gun crime is up 56% even though it has plummeted since the 1990s. ii CRIME Trails Only Traffic & Weather as the most common type of story in local television broadcasts. FACTS& STATS Unintentional Firearms Fatalities Down Historical Flashback Today, the annual number of unintentional firearm-related fatalities is down 81.3% from a high of 3,200 in 1929 and in 1930. 1,441 3,500 3,200 3,100 v58% 3,000 2,396 2,247 2,360 2,204 2,500 802 1,871 2,000 iv 600 1,441 81% 1,500 802 1,000 600* 500 1991 2001 2011 1930 1931 1941 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 43% of Americans say they have irearm in their home i DOJ ii ATF AFMER & USITC iii PEW RESEARCH CENTER iv NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL V GALLUP National SHOOTING SPORTS V Foundation NSSF.ORG PROMOTE PROTECT. PRESERVE