In 27 percent of cases where women were killed by firearms, the crime occurred inside the victim's own home. Among non-Black women, this rate rises to 34 percent.
More than 76% of killings in the country in 2014 were in possession of firearms. There were 44,861 deaths. The ratio declined after the Disarmament Statute was sanctioned in 2003, when the rate reached 77%.
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