CDC: Firearm-related homicides rose 30 percent between 2014 and 2016

[applegrove]

BY JESSIE HELLMANN at the Hill

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/399204-firearm-related-homicides-increased-30-percent-between-2014-and-2016-cdc

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The number of firearm-related homicides in the U.S. increased by 31 percent from 2014 to 2016, according to a new analysis released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The number of firearm related homicides increased from 11,008 in 2014 to 14,415 in 2016, the CDC says, after being relatively stable from 2010 to 2014.

The report examined the three most common methods of homicide, with firearms topping the list. 

In 2016, the number of homicides involving firearms was about eight-times higher than those involving cutting and piercing, at 1,781, and 30-times higher than those involving suffocation, some 502 deaths. 

The report offered no analysis of why the number of homicides involving firearms increased so dramatically between 2014 and 2016.

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[dhol82]

1. Now that it is legal to 3-D print handguns I expect this number to explode.

[Historic NY]

2. Not enough of the 'right people' are being killed yet.

[procon]

3. Imagine the response if we had a 30% increase in measles, TB or other preventable

diseases. Senseless firearm related homicides are just as preventable!