Back in 2020, when crime rates spiked dramatically in many cities across the country, anti-gunners were quick to pin the blame on the sharp increase in gun sales rather than the defunding of law enforcement, closures of many court systems, riots inspired by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and general societal chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the government response. Crime was increasing at the same time more guns were being sold, so the two must be connected.
If that were the case then we’d expect to see more crime each and every month, since more than a million firearms are being sold at retail per month, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Instead, as crime analyst Jeff Asher reports at The Atlantic, 2023 could end up seeing the biggest one-year decline in homicide rates in decades . The United States may be […]
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