Aw hell...just pulled this off the front page...
Homicide Rates Higher in States with More Guns at Home
Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com Fri Jan 12, 4:45 PM ET
Guns are used to kill two out of every three homicide victims in the United States, and new research shows that easy-access guns in the home make a difference. Homicide rates are highest in states where more households have guns, the national survey concludes.
The finding held even after taking into account socioeconomic status and gender.
"Our findings suggest that in the United States, household firearms may be an important source of guns used to kill children, women and men, both on the street and in their homes," said lead researcher Matthew Miller of the Harvard School of Public Health.
Gun states
To reach the findings that were released today, Miller and his colleagues examined survey data of household firearm ownership collected via a telephone survey of more than 200,000 respondents from all 50 states. The survey is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. They combined homicide deaths over a three-year period, from 2001 to 2003, for each state.
They divided states into four groups, ranging from those with the highest household firearm ownership to the lowest. The analysis controlled for factors that could affect homicide rates, including socioeconomic status, urbanization, non-lethal crimes, unemployment, and alcohol consumption.
Respondents in about one in three American households reported owning a firearm.
"The southern states and the mountain states on average have higher gun ownership levels than most states in the northeast," Miller said.
For instance, in Oregon, 40 percent of households have guns, and more than half of the homes in Alabama own guns. Compare that with Massachusetts, where some 12 to 13 percent of households reported firearm ownership.
Gun-related deaths
In the top firearm-household states, homicide rates were more than double the rates found for states in the lowest firearm group. Overall, the top-gun states showed homicide rates that were 60 percent higher than all other states.
Most women victims of homicide are killed by guns that were already in the home, while men tend to be killed outside of the home. From past studies, Miller said, women are more likely to be killed by people they know, such as ex-boyfriends or ex-spouses.
"Overall women are more likely to die in states where there are more guns [in homes]," Miller told LiveScience.
The study is detailed in the February issue of the journal Social Science and Medicine.
Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.com Fri Jan 12, 4:45 PM ET
Guns are used to kill two out of every three homicide victims in the United States, and new research shows that easy-access guns in the home make a difference. Homicide rates are highest in states where more households have guns, the national survey concludes.
The finding held even after taking into account socioeconomic status and gender.
"Our findings suggest that in the United States, household firearms may be an important source of guns used to kill children, women and men, both on the street and in their homes," said lead researcher Matthew Miller of the Harvard School of Public Health.
Gun states
To reach the findings that were released today, Miller and his colleagues examined survey data of household firearm ownership collected via a telephone survey of more than 200,000 respondents from all 50 states. The survey is part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. They combined homicide deaths over a three-year period, from 2001 to 2003, for each state.
They divided states into four groups, ranging from those with the highest household firearm ownership to the lowest. The analysis controlled for factors that could affect homicide rates, including socioeconomic status, urbanization, non-lethal crimes, unemployment, and alcohol consumption.
Respondents in about one in three American households reported owning a firearm.
"The southern states and the mountain states on average have higher gun ownership levels than most states in the northeast," Miller said.
For instance, in Oregon, 40 percent of households have guns, and more than half of the homes in Alabama own guns. Compare that with Massachusetts, where some 12 to 13 percent of households reported firearm ownership.
Gun-related deaths
In the top firearm-household states, homicide rates were more than double the rates found for states in the lowest firearm group. Overall, the top-gun states showed homicide rates that were 60 percent higher than all other states.
Most women victims of homicide are killed by guns that were already in the home, while men tend to be killed outside of the home. From past studies, Miller said, women are more likely to be killed by people they know, such as ex-boyfriends or ex-spouses.
"Overall women are more likely to die in states where there are more guns [in homes]," Miller told LiveScience.
The study is detailed in the February issue of the journal Social Science and Medicine.
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Stats with "spin" (lies) made to convey a meaning to the public to fit the agenda and ideology of a particular group (Anti Gun), this is , of course, false. 0 -
I am a bit of a contrarian. I tend to question everything.
Sounds as if this news is a tad bit selective with its reporting. Kind of like SUV reporting. Such as the report that said it is much more likely that the other driver will die in multiple car accidents that involve SUV's.
I have no proof, but when reading this article, it seems a bit selective with few statistics.0 -
I'm posting this because it came off the front page of Yahoo!, and they get millions of hits an hour. Number two news story (with a bullet).
Plus it's just scientific enough to seem completely legitimate...I mean, "LiveScience.com"??? They MUST be telling the truth!0 -
Personally, I use knives in my homicides. Much quieter, and harder to trace. You can always bleach a knife blade to get rid of blood residue. Kinda hard to get rid of rifling grooves on bullets after those bullets are impacted in someone's skull. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Zulu7
Personally, I use knives in my homicides. Much quieter, and harder to trace. You can always bleach a knife blade to get rid of blood residue. Kinda hard to get rid of rifling grooves on bullets after those bullets are impacted in someone's skull.
Rat poison.
If that doesn't work, there is always the Louisville Slugger.0 -
Homicide stats lump all shootings together, including justified self defense shootings......Naturally, in states with higher percentages of firearms in homes, there will be more shootings of bad guys by homeowners.......[xx(] 0 -
As blatantly contrived and false as this is, I agree with Bullzeye that it does reach a lot of people, thus is effective with the uninformed (most of the public)out there. This has been a tactic used by this bunch for many years, and it works. 0 -
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Most women victims of homicide are killed by guns that were already in the home, while men tend to be killed outside of the home.
There's your problem right there. I don't really recall anybody in the Commonwealth of Virginia being killed by a gun. There have been several killed with a gun. I just keep them guns that don't do nothin by themselves. I think everybody should. I would vote to get rid of them killer gun, but the other guns are OK with me.0 -
Yep, bullpucky in it's purest form. 0 -
Guns dont kill people, Husbands who come home early do. 0 -
Thats true Bulls#@#!!! 0 -
gee that was hard to figure out, people who shoot people use guns they own {duh}
that's like saying drivers who have vehicle accidents do it in cars0 -
The Horse Crap is starting already...Boxer, Kennedy, Schumer, Feinstein will spouting these lies soon....[}:)] 0 -
Use a Shotgun.. Or take a revolver and remove the barrel you can still shoot it at very close range, no balistic grove marks on the bullet..[:0] 0 -
Keep in mind the legal definition of "homicide".
As I understand it, any time a human kills another human, it's homicide.
At least until it's determined to be "varminting".0 -
Did some research of my own. Found 100% of the drunk driving cases have involved motor vehicles. Please join me in writing to your congresscritter and demand the immediate outlawing of motor vehicles. [:p] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
Did some research of my own. Found 100% of the drunk driving cases have involved motor vehicles. Please join me in writing to your congresscritter and demand the immediate outlawing of motor vehicles. [:p]
Oh, my god! Don't let the insurance industry find out about this!
Oh.
Damn.
Never mind.0 -
Where did this vapor locked air-head get her data;
Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience Staff Writer
Just who the hell is Jeanna Bryner??????????? Is this the true lover of Rosie O'Donnell????
Can Nancy Pelosi really lick her eyebrows???
More news at 10:00 please stay tuned for the exciting conclusion of Big boobs square off at Tim's bar.0 -
The Dems are already trying to build a case for legislation...I can guarantee you that this article was released in the hopes that it will foster support for some up coming legislation.[:(!] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by ECC
The Dems are already trying to build a case for legislation...I can guarantee you that this article was released in the hopes that it will foster support for some up coming legislation.[:(!]
+1
And MANY people will buy into this BS. [V]0 -
Homicide Rates Higher in States with More Guns at Home
Where ever you see crime you see police. If you reduce the police force then you reduce crime!
Statitics can be bent out of shape to say almost anything.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Dak To 68
As blatantly contrived and false as this is, I agree with Bullzeye that it does reach a lot of people, thus is effective with the uninformed (most of the public)out there. This has been a tactic used by this bunch for many years, and it works.
Yes, you are correct. They toss in the sucides, the gang killings, home defense and make it look like the agenda they are trying to advance. Problem is most people listen to or read this crap and are swayed because they don't understand the difference.
As I get older I run into more and more people, especially women, that are scared to death of guns. They watch all the violence on TV and it has the effect of making them think in very negiative terms about guns in general. Hollywood is working hand in hand with the media to demonize guns in America while making all their money off of the gun related news and violent programs they produce![:(]0
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