Here’s some news you might have missed this week, but the Washington Times’ resident “bitter clinger” Emily Miller would like you to know. On Tuesday, the Justice Department released a study showing that gun homicides in America have dropped 39 percent from 1993 to 2011, and non-fatal crimes involving firearms declined a whopping 69 percent. There is one gun-related statistic from Pew that is through the roof, however; more than half of Americans believe that gun crime is up sharply.
56% of Americans incorrectly think gun crime is up. Blame the media- "It bleeds, it leads." http://t.co/N756oKzWWC
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) May 10, 2013
Pew: “56% of Americans believe gun crime is higher than 20 years ago” but actually it's much lower http://t.co/BayQgcbTXm
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) May 7, 2013
Miller wrote yesterday:
On the same day that Justice released its report, Pew Research Center released a new poll that found that 56 percent of Americans believe gun crimes is higher now than 20 years ago and 26 percent thought it was the same. Only 12 percent knew that it was lower…. Asked about trends in firearms crimes “in recent years,” 45 percent thought the number had gone up, 39 percent thought it was the same. Just 10 percent were correct that it has gone down 13 percent in the most recent five years.
Those with the AR-15 in their sights might be interested to know that handguns were used in about 7 out of 10 gun homicides in 2011 and 9 out of 10 nonfatal firearm violent crimes.
So gun violence is way down. Good news, right?
Bloomberg staff refuse to comment on Justice Dept news that gun homicides are down 39% since 1993. http://t.co/vgaUthvzOR
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) May 10, 2013
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Why isn't @BarackObama having Rose Garden celebration on news that nonfatal gun crimes down 69% since 1993? http://t.co/bPecxbF5fL
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) May 10, 2013
@EmilyMiller @whpresscorps @BarackObama They are still operating on the principle of "never let a good crisis go to waste."
— Charles Rankin (@crankin1945) May 10, 2013
@EmilyMiller why let the facts get in the way of shoving more govt control down Americans throats #biggovtblows
— Rodd Garcia ??? (@TheRealRoddG) May 10, 2013
@EmilyMiller
Because like all other facts, it refutes his belief…— Kenny (@kckccasey) May 10, 2013
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