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Murder Rate Nearly Halved from 1994 as Gun Ownership Soared

                      Congressional Study: Murder Rate Nearly Halved from 1994 as Gun Ownership Soared A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows that while gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009, crime fell—and fell sharply. According to the report, the “firearm-related murder and non-negligent homicide” rate was 6.6 per 100,000 Americans in 1993. Following the exponential growth in the number of guns, that rate fell to 3.6 per 100,000 in 2000. This rate rose from 2004 to 2005 and got as high as 3.9… View Article