From tribune.usask.ca!decwrl!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!raven.alaska.edu!ampere.uafsoe.alaska.edu!ftpam Thu Jul 7 13:07:23 1994 Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns Path: tribune.usask.ca!decwrl!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!raven.alaska.edu!ampere.uafsoe.alaska.edu!ftpam From: ftpam@aurora.alaska.edu (Philip Munts) Subject: Washington D.C. murder 1970 to 1991 Message-ID: Lines: 36 Sender: news@raven.alaska.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 17:39:08 GMT Washington, D.C. Murder and non-negligent homicide Metro = Wash. DC Standard Statistical Metropolitan area City = City limits. All numbers copied straight out of Uniform Crime Reports 1970 to 1991, published by U.S. F.B.I. Year Metro /100k City ---- ----- ----- ---- 1970 326 ********** 11.4 221 *********** 1971 357 *********** 12.3 275 ************* 1972 367 ************ 12.4 245 ************ 1973 399 ************* 13.2 268 ************* 1974 408 ************* 13.4 277 ************* 1975 365 ************ 12.0 235 *********** 1976 309 ********** 10.1 188 ********* 1977 313 ********** 10.3 192 ********* 1978 295 ********* 9.7 189 ********* 1979 281 ********* 9.3 180 ********* 1980 326 ********** 10.7 200 ********** 1981 350 *********** 11.3 223 *********** 1982 334 *********** 10.8 194 ********* 1983 298 ********* 9.0 183 ********* 1984 285 ********* 8.4 175 ******** 1985 243 ******** 7.0 147 ******* 1986 298 ********* 8.5 194 ********* 1987 NO DATA AVAILABLE 1988 547 ****************** 14.8 369 ****************** 1989 640 ********************* 17.0 434 ********************* 1990 684 ********************** 17.4 472 *********************** 1991 719 *********************** 18.1 482 ************************ It seems impossible to conclude that the Washington DC handgun legislation enacted in 1976 is reflected in this data.