I did my own research and found that in the years 2001-2005 there were over 16,000 murder's, each year in the United States. In the year 2000, there were over 15,000.
I have data from 1981, and the highest murder rate was in 1993, where there were 24,526 murders. The lowest number in that time frame was, 2000. In the 1980's through the mid 1990's numbers were consistently over 21,000
Although the murder numbers over the last ten years are less, they are still astronomically high.
While the number of war dead is high, in comparison, they are a drop in the bucket to the killings in our own country.
Below are the number of homicides in the US for the last six years, 2006 data was unavailable at this time
- 2005, 16,692
- 2004, 16,137
- 2003, 16,528
- 2002, 16,204
- 2001, 16,037
- 2000, 15,117
If you assume the murder rate for the year 2006 is around the average of 16,000 per year, that is well over 113,000 homicides just in this decade alone.
Where is the real war?
Source: FBI UCR Report's
--gfo
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