According to the FBI website (www.fbi.gov), the latest online data goes up to 2008, as of September 2009 (i.e., 2009 data should be available on this or similar FBI web pages some time in 2010). Given that, of 14,180 homicides deemed "not justifiable" (*) and reported to the FBI in 2008, 9,484 of them (i.e., just under 67% of those homicides) were caused by firearms. (*) Refer to www.fbi.gov for a definition of "justifiable".
