I wouldn't call it "good reporting", except compared to every other gun story. It looks like the writer actually sought independent facts, instead of seeking opposing viewpoints from advocacy groups.surprise_i'm_armed wrote:casingpoint's most recent link turned up some interesting stats:
In 2007, LEO's killed 391 people while on duty.
In 2007, private citizens killed 254 people in "justified homicide" situations.
Looking at the graph, I don't know how anyone is alarmed by this "trend".
The police and citizen shootings parallel, which suggests varying crime rates, not a "rising shoot-first mentality".
While 2007 might have been the highest since 1997, it was only barely higher than 2003, and still markedly lower than 1994. The graph also starts off with a sharp downward trend, which makes me wonder what the numbers were before '94, and why they are omitted.