Interesting read in on-line Oregonian August 19,2012

[rocky3]

The police say that citizens buying guns, while standing on sidewalk is legal,at the gun-buy-back,at Memorial Coliseum.
I was most interested in the stats on gun violence. Suicide seems to be the major factor in gun violence. Very seldom is suicide given when reporting gun violence.

Oregon Local News - OregonLive.com

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[deen_ad]

No such thing as a "gun buy back"!!!

The government never owned them in the first place so they can't EVER "buy them back"!

 

[chemist]

Most firearm deaths are suicides, but LE doesn't like to point that out, instead lumping them all together as "felony gun deaths." Yes, suicide is a felony.
In 1999 for example, in the US there were 16,599 suicides and 10,828 homicides with firearms.
GunCite - Gun Control Issues: Gun Suicide

 

[chemist]

Here are the most recent numbers I could find, the CDC data for 2009:

16,799 total homicides, 11,493 committed with firearms
(15th leading cause of death)

36,909 total suicides, 18,735 committed with firearms
(10th leading cause of death)

FASTSTATS - Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
FASTSTATS - Homicide

 

[odinforever2000]

FBI — Expanded Homicide Data Table 8


I prefer information provided by the FBI. This table even brakes down weapon type and definitely shows a decline in homicides by firearm.

 

[hermannr]

I think officer Sessions did everyone on that sidewalk a good turn with his comments. Those that read those comments, and if(when)there is another CeaseFire turn-in, more will be more likely to deal with you guys on the street rather than waste their time with ceasefire. Ya think? You guys just got endorsed by the Portland PD.