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on January 15, 2014 in World News

More People Die from Falls in NYC Than Firearms

                        More People Die from Falls in NYC Than Firearms According to a UPI report, “300 [people] die as result of a fall” every year in New York City. Meanwhile, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) reports 419 people were murdered in NYC in 2012, but of those murders only 239 were firearm-related. Of the 419 murders in 2012, the NYPD lists weapons used as: “Firearms (57 percent), Stabbed (21 percent), Bludgeoned (11 percent), Physical Force (6 percent), Other (5 percent).” The UPI report makes clear that falls “are… View Article

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