Gun crime has dropped dramatically over last 20 years — most Americans have no idea

[bjmsam]

Two new studies: Gun crime has dropped dramatically over last 20 years — and most Americans have no idea

In virtually every demographic, gun homicides and violent firearm crime are either lower or way, way lower than they were 20 years ago — and this despite the fact that, as Charles Cooke notes, gun laws were liberalized during that period.

And while gun ownership substantially increased: More guns, less crime.

The public perception is 180 degrees off, of course, thanks to the nit-wit media and the braying of jackasses like Joe Biden, among others.

It's so damned annoying when the data contradict an agenda-driven political narrative...

The NRA is correct: Gun control is much more about control than it is about guns.

 

[MadCat0911]

This has got to be false, the media keeps saying guns are deadlier than ever and mass shootings are up and it's all due to those shoulder things that go up or the imploding bullets.

 

[kohburn]

wife heard this news on ABC yesterday

 

[ShafTed]

All of the legislators in the General Assembly already knew this. They knew it because I told them in various emails and testimony, and they ignored it just like they ignored thousands of other people. It wasn't that hard to figure out, I just looked at the data available in the FBI Uniform Crime Reports going back through the years.

 

[bjmsam]

Americans Who Favor Stricter Gun Control Believe Gun Crime Has Increased

Why is the mainstream media ignoring fact that Gun Violence is Decreasing?