# Another deadly shooting

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 10, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-deadly-shooting/690488 "2014-06-10T18:04:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-deadly-shooting/690488/28 "2014-06-10T19:16:35Z")

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> [@Telemark](#):
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> I’m for much stricter gun control laws, but the fact that there are fewer shootings today then there were 30 years ago is a valid and important point.

The _whole_ truth would make a more valid point, I think. Starting from 30 years ago gun _homicides_ did indeed drop at a steady rate…until about the year 2000. From 2000 until today they have pretty much plateaued, leaving one to wonder why the gun homicide rate suddenly stopped moving downward.

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