Technical difficulties have delayed my research on homicide and firearms. I can't figure out how to make the story not tedious. So I will skip it. Maybe next week...
Until then, here is a resource to keep you up to date. Slate Magazine and the Twitter feed @GunDeaths are crowd sourcing data to answer the question:
How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?
The answer is not easy to find. Coroners do not publish this information in real time. Perhaps you noticed that my statistics last week were from 2009 and 2010. The tally is collected only at the end of the year, and it is not official for some months after. Suicides, in particular, are underreported, even in official statistics. They get caught up in investigations that take months beyond the reporting date. Eventually the numbers for 2011 will be corrected, when these investigations are completed. Meanwhile, the smaller number has been published in places that will not be corrected and will nonetheless be repeated (including Prozac Monologues, if I try to publish the most current sources.)
Until then, here is a resource to keep you up to date. Slate Magazine and the Twitter feed @GunDeaths are crowd sourcing data to answer the question:
How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?
The answer is not easy to find. Coroners do not publish this information in real time. Perhaps you noticed that my statistics last week were from 2009 and 2010. The tally is collected only at the end of the year, and it is not official for some months after. Suicides, in particular, are underreported, even in official statistics. They get caught up in investigations that take months beyond the reporting date. Eventually the numbers for 2011 will be corrected, when these investigations are completed. Meanwhile, the smaller number has been published in places that will not be corrected and will nonetheless be repeated (including Prozac Monologues, if I try to publish the most current sources.)