Introduction
The Problem with Guns
Self-Defense
Handguns
Gun Availability
Second Amendment
Gun Control
Sources and Resources

Handguns

Handguns are small and easily concealable. Handguns only account for about a third of all guns, but they are the cause of most of our gun-related problems. Handguns are used in the great majority of all murders committed by gun. You can see that in the following tables with data from the FBI.

Type of gun used for murders from 1996 to 2000 ⁽³⁾

Total Murders by Gun from 1996 to 2000: 48,412
Handguns	38,481	79.5%
Rifles	2,543	5.3%
Shotguns	2,960	6.1%
Other Guns	214	0.4%
Gun Type Unknown	4,214	8.7%

On The Problem with Guns page, you saw that guns were used in the murders of 93.3% of all law enforcement officers that were killed in the line of duty between 1991 and 2000. The following table will detail the types of gun that were used.

Type of gun used in the murders of law Enforcement Officers killed in the line of duty from 1991 to 2000 ⁽³⁾