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budoboy · January 10, 2013, 10:56 AM

Jo6pak - I would think that when they say "Firearms (type unknown)" that it would mean a death with no weapon/projectile recovered. That being said, logically you could surmise that the percentage of handguns, rifles, or shotguns remains fairly consistent in the "unknown" category.

For example in California, 90% of murder by firearm are verified handgun, 4.7% for rifles, and 5.2% for shotgun. I would carry over the same percentages for the "Firearms (type unknown)" category and end up with 233 handgun involved murders, 12 rifle involved murders, and 13 shotgun involved murders. (The numbers don't exactly add up to 259 since I dropped all but two decimal places.)

Maybe I'm way off, but that is how I would look at it/explain it to someone.

January 10, 2013, 10:56 AM	#13
budoboy Member Join Date: February 22, 2011 Location: Northern CO Posts: 38	Jo6pak - I would think that when they say "Firearms (type unknown)" that it would mean a death with no weapon/projectile recovered. That being said, logically you could surmise that the percentage of handguns, rifles, or shotguns remains fairly consistent in the "unknown" category. For example in California, 90% of murder by firearm are verified handgun, 4.7% for rifles, and 5.2% for shotgun. I would carry over the same percentages for the "Firearms (type unknown)" category and end up with 233 handgun involved murders, 12 rifle involved murders, and 13 shotgun involved murders. (The numbers don't exactly add up to 259 since I dropped all but two decimal places.) Maybe I'm way off, but that is how I would look at it/explain it to someone.