And what percentage of those homicides were committed by legal gun owners?
I debunked the whole gang thing pages ago, guy. Most gun homicides are done by legal gun owners.
Okay, let's try this again. The typical argument by the gun nuts is that '80% of gun homicides are gang related" - Translation - "It's just the Darkies killing each other, so it's okay."
Now as horrible and racist as that thinking is, it also has the vice of NOT BEING TRUE.
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- The total number of gang homicides reported by respondents in the NYGS sample averaged nearly 2,000 annually from 2007 to 2012. During roughly the same time period (2007 to 2011), the FBI estimated, on average, more than 15,500 homicides across the United States (www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-1). These estimates suggest that gang-related homicides typically accounted for around 13 percent of all homicides annually.
Did we get that? The majority of homicides are not committed by gang members.
However, the majority of homicides ARE committed by gun owners, as of that 15,500 homicides, 11,000 are committed with guns.
So, no, it isn't the gangbanger you have to worry about. It's more than likely your neighbor or your significant other.