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Additional firearm crime facts at a glance |
After 1996, less than 10% of nonfatal violent crimes involved firearm.
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- Note: The
violent crimes included are rape and sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated and simple assault.
- Source:
National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS). Ongoing since 1972 with a redesign in 1993, this survey of households
interviews about 134,000 persons age 12 and older in 77,200 households
twice each year about their victimizations from crime.
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