Firearm Ownership and Domestic Versus Nondomestic Homicide in the U.S.

STATES WITH MORE GUN OWNERS HAVE MORE MURDERS IN THE HOME, WOMEN MOST COMMON VICTIMS

Gun-related deaths in the U.S. are rising, and the authors of a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine wanted to examine the links between gun ownership and rates of domestic and non-domestic shootings. Statistics from 2017 show 39,773 people were killed by guns, with deaths among men up by 2 percent from 2016.

Because people simply are "killed by guns."

Researchers studied annual data on homicide rates in 50 states between 1990 and 2016, from the U.S. Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Report.

Firearm ownership in states ranged from 10.4 percent of households in Hawaii to 68.8 percent of Wyoming. More people in the west and south owned guns, while the northwest had the least. Compared to states in the lowest quartile of gun ownership, states in the top quartile showed a 64.6 percent higher incidence of domestic firearm homicide. The starkest figures came from the southern states.

homes with alcohol have more drunks...

Sad, even tragic, but not unexpected.

Domestic violence perpetrators will continue to kill their partners with the old tried and true bat, hammer, knife, fist or foot sans guns, even if guns all magically disappeared. The problem is in the CPU, not the peripheral attached to the motherboard. We need to examine the correct problem if we want to reduce domestic violence deaths. Besides, domestic violence is a prohibited class already. If they have guns, they are in violation of current law in most (if not all) places.

(don't read this as cavalier toward domestic violence--those that engage in it are right up there with the worst of the worst, but the tool used isn't the problem.)

Did I miss the part about them discussing or providing domestic violence homicide figures overall or did they skip that part ? (I’m not trying to be sarcastic -I just haven’t had any coffee yet)

I wonder if the firearm was removed that the domestic abuser might not have had the same intent. The gun must have made him do it? I can appreciate the argument that the gun made easier to commit the murder, but i doubt the intent would be removed without it. If one wanted their significant other gone I am sure they would find the means even if no firearm was available.

The popularity of guns with murderous violent shitheads does not mean that the absence of the gun would lead to the absence of the murderous violent shithead.