r/MurderedByWords • u/james_dykeson • Aug 05 '19

Murder Murdered by numbers?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

13k gun homicides just blows my mind

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u/brangent Aug 05 '19

And it's only gotten worse.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

What? We've been on an overall decline since the 90s. 2014 had the lowest murder rate since 1900, and since then we've bumped up only a little.

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u/brangent Aug 06 '19

My "only gotten worse" response is accurate.

During 2010–2016, use of firearms was the most common method in the United States, followed by the use of instruments for cutting and piercing and then suffocation. The number of firearm-related homicides was relatively stable during 2010–2014 (fluctuating between 11,008 and 11,622) but then increased by 31% from 2014 (11,008) to 2016 (14,415).

source of course (CDC)

The CDC also reports 14,542 firearm homicides in 20172. That's a 10.75% increase from 2015.