Comment Comment by SteveLAnderson California's population in 2013 was 38.4 million. According to the map, 2 Californians per million were affected by firearm violence that led to death, so that'd be about 77 people killed by firearms.According to "Homicide in California 2013" (https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/cjsc/publicati...) Table 21, in 2013, there were 1,699 homicide crimes where the type of weapon used was a firearm.That's just crime data, it doesn't include suicides.Am I reading this wrong or is the data way off or is it indicating some other kind of firearm violence? parent SteveLAnderson 10 years ago
According to "Homicide in California 2013" (https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/cjsc/publicati...) Table 21, in 2013, there were 1,699 homicide crimes where the type of weapon used was a firearm.
That's just crime data, it doesn't include suicides.
Am I reading this wrong or is the data way off or is it indicating some other kind of firearm violence?