Line chart with one line of the number of gun crimes. Crimes included are homicide, robbery and aggravated assault

The number of gun crimes generally declined from 1973 to 1977 followed by an increase which peaked in 1982. After a short decline from 1982 to 1984, the numbers began to increase until peaking in 1993 at over 582,000. From 1993 to 1999, the number of gun crimes declined, falling to levels last seen during the mid 1980's. In 2000, the number of gun crimes increased slightly.

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