6,220

FBI stats

6,220 people were homicided with a pistol.  In 2011.

2 thousand something by other firearm type or a firearm not specified.  But we'll handwave that away as if it didn't matter because that total is almost the same as people murdered by either knives or blunt object.  This is not even counting people killing people with their bare hands.   I am sure Handgun Control Inc (old name for the Brady's) will agree and recognize handgun murders as the greater scourge.

Wow, 6,220 is a lot less killing than the 30,000 number they often seem to cite.  Hmmm, it's as if they were trying to over-inflate their numbers to gain more legislative sympathy....  Seems manipulative.

Now here would be an interesting thing to know, but perhaps difficult to discern.   How many of those 6,220 murderer/murder-victim pairs was it where both individuals had more than a few criminal convictions on their rap sheets?  The general public cares a little less when hardened criminals kill hardened criminals.  In fact you get a lot less recidivism that way.  And what's it matter how criminals off other criminals, means-wise, right?

But it's hard to get the stats on whether the murderer had a record (other than the fact he should, soon... he just murdered somebody...).  That person might not even be in custody, yet, after all.  But the vicitm's, that we can find out.  And would be worth finding out.  Think it's more than half?  Good chance...

So, half is 3,110.  One murder by handgun in 100,000, for the population of the U.S.  Makes us as safe as them fancy Yoorip countries that the Democrats want us to be more like.  Like Luxenburgundia. And all without a gun ban or nuthin.