Impact of Assault Weapons Ban - Illustration-

[DanTex]

91. Correction: gun injuries are not down.

Injuries from gun assaults have actually risen quite a bit over the last decade. It is true that gun homicides are down, albeit only slightly. Part of the difference here is due to improvements in emergency medicine.

Moreover, regardless of the direction, what remains clear is that the US has far higher rates of homicide and gun violence than the rest of the industrialized world.

Here's CDC data on firearm assaults and firearm homicides over the last decade.

Assault Firearm Gunshot Nonfatal Injuries and Rates per 100,000
2001 - 2011, United States
All Races, Both Sexes, All Ages
Disposition: All Cases


Year Number of
injuries Population Crude
Rate Age-Adjusted
Rate**
2001 41,044 284,968,955 14.40 14.11
2002 37,321 287,625,193 12.98 12.75
2003 42,505 290,107,933 14.65 14.40
2004 43,592 292,805,298 14.89 14.72
2005 50,320 295,516,599 17.03 16.92
2006 52,748 298,379,912 17.68 17.45
2007 48,676* 301,231,207 16.16 16.09
2008 56,626 304,093,966 18.62 18.57
2009 44,466 306,771,529 14.49 14.50
2010 53,738 308,745,538 17.41 17.55
2011 55,544 311,591,917 17.83 17.85

1999 - 2010, United States
Homicide Firearm Deaths and Rates per 100,000
All Races, Both Sexes, All Ages
ICD-10 Codes: X93-X95, *U01.4


Year Number of
Deaths Population*** Crude
Rate Age-Adjusted
Rate**
1999 10,828 279,040,181 3.88 3.82
2000 10,801 281,421,906 3.84 3.79
2001 11,348 284,968,955 3.98 3.93
2002 11,829 287,625,193 4.11 4.07
2003 11,920 290,107,933 4.11 4.07
2004 11,624 292,805,298 3.97 3.94
2005 12,352 295,516,599 4.18 4.17
2006 12,791 298,379,912 4.29 4.27
2007 12,632 301,231,207 4.19 4.20
2008 12,179 304,093,966 4.01 4.03
2009 11,493 306,771,529 3.75 3.78
2010 11,078 308,745,538 3.59 3.62
Total 140,875 3,530,708,217 3.99 -