Frank Ettin
Administrator
If the FBI is taking specifically about murder, that would not include justifiable homicide. They know the difference.Kevin Rohrer said:According to FBI crime statistics, there were 9,146 murders by firearm in 2009.
I also refute this allegation. It depends on how you define "murder" and count the numbers. I believe the FBI counts any killing by firearm, including self-defense as being murder.
This FBI table show murder by weapon type. It show 9,199 murders by firearm (out of 13,752 total murders) in 2009.
The FBI publishes separate statistics for justifiable homicides. According to FBI data, there were 216 justifiable homicides by private citizens in 2009, and 411 justifiable homicides by LEO in 2009.