Looking for a citable source on gun crime stats

[gnbrotz]

I found the following info in a letter to the NY times. I want to post them in another discussion I'm participating in, but can't seem to nail down a credible source for the info.

Anyone know of a citable source for this or other stats (illegal guns vs. legal guns)?

1. Seventy-eight percent of all shooting deaths are drug-, gang- or other criminal-related incidents committed with unregistered guns wielded by non-licensed criminals.

2. Eight percent are shootings by police or security personnel.

3. Less than 1 percent are shootings by legal gun owners committing a crime.

4. Six percent are legal gun owners protecting life, limb and property (homeowners, shop owners, etc.).

5. Eight percent are miscellaneous (suicide, hunting accidents, accidental discharges, etc.).

[XD45]

nothing to compare it to at the moment, but those numbers sound right to me

[gnbrotz]

Then I guess I can just go with "XD45 said so".

[Pa. Patriot]

Originally Posted by gnbrotz

Then I guess I can just go with "XD45 said so".

Good enough for me

He, if they give you a problem shoot me a PM. I'll release the 900lb gorilla.

[DaveM55]

http://www.gunowners.org/fs0404.htm

[awkx]

This page has some good statistics, but not the exact ones that you're looking for:
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvmurd.html

Also here's another good one: "In Florida, for example, permit holders are about 300 times less likely to perpetrate a gun crime than Floridians without permits." (www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3574822.html)

[FUNDAMENTALS]

I have posted this before in a thread about crime. MINORITY HEALTH
DISPARITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, HOMOCIDE(Firearm Discharge) 2005
www.dsf.health.state.pa.us (PA. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH).

[FUNDAMENTALS]

Gnbrotz, Also try Google: Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System.
ucr.psp.state.pa.us

[Log9mm]

This website was passed on to me by ChamberedRound. Its actually an E-Book. There is a ton of information in there so it should cover the questions you are asking. Nice stats to have and know regardless if they apply to the stats in your post.

http://www.gunfacts.info/

[sfg]

Log9mm took my answer..

http://www.gunfacts.info/

Not only is it chock full of stats, it's fully cited, and many of the papers/articles/other sources that I've tried to find in the past are pretty readily available online.