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Murder by rearm
With the recent shooting spree in Denver, Colo., the spotlight is once again on guns in the U.S.
Total rearm murders Firearm murders per capita

Firearm murders, 2010

93

WA

8,775 out of 12,996

murders in the U.S. in 2010 were caused by rearms

1.38

36

OR

0.93

ID
12 0.77

12

MT

1.22

4 8

ND SD
32

NY #3 517 PA MI
413 4.16

2.64

0.61

MN
12 1.22

457 3.62

NH VT

ME
5 0.38 2 0.32

11 0.84

#1 1,257
3.37
Firearms are generally prohibited on any K-12 school property

CA

NV

84 3.16

UT
232 3.47

WY

WI

OH

MA 118 1.78 RI 16 1.51 CT 97 2.75 NJ 246 2.82 DE 38 4.26 MD 293 5.11 DC 99 #1 16 VA 250 3.14 NC 286 3.02

0.98

0.91

NE
63

65

CO

1.77 2.22

21 0.69

IA

97 1.71

IL IN
361 2.81

413 4.16

310 2.69

1.28

KS
111

MO
#3
2.98

AZ
232 3.47

NM
67 3.29

OK

Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin all allow private businesses to post a specic sign (language and format vary by state) prohibiting concealed weapons, violation of which, in some of these states, is grounds for revocation of the o ender's concealed carry permit

#2 805
3.19

TX

KY TN AR 232 AL GA 3.47 MS 376 135 118 LA 1.78 2.85 3.79

321 5.34 351 7.75
15,000

WV FL SC
data n/a

27 1.48
10,000

#2

207 4.5

U.S. murders by type of weapon

10,000

U.S. murders by type of rearm

5,000

Firearm murders, percent change from 200910

120 90 60 30 0 -30
Wyoming Wisconsin West Virginia Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee S. Dakota

U.S. gun dealers are prohibited from selling handguns to those under the age of 21

Under U. S. federal law, the use of a rearm in a violent or drug tra cking crime is punishable by a mandatory prison sentence of up to 20 years

Other Hands/sts/feet Blunt objects 5,000 Knives/ cutting instruments Firearms

0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Not stated Other Shotgun Rie Handgun

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

N/A

S. Carolina

Rhode Island

Pennsylvania

Oregon

Oklahoma

Ohio

N. Dakota

N. Carolina

New York

New Mexico

New Jersey

New Hamp.

Nevada

Nebraska

Montana

Missouri

Mississippi

Minnesota

Michigan

Mass.

Maryland

Maine

Louisiana

Kentucky

Kansas

Iowa

Indiana

Illinois

Idaho

Hawaii

Georgia

Florida

Dist. of Col.

Delaware

Connecticut

Colorado

California

Arkansas

Arizona

Alaska

Alabama

Sources:FBI; Wikipedia

Note: Data did not include stats for Florida on rearm murders and the data for Illinois is incomplete

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY MEGAN DINNER/QMI AGENCY