America’s Second ‘Great Crime Decline’ Could Already Be Here
This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. Since most homicides in the U.S. are committed with guns, gun violence and the nation’s homicide rate are closely related. That means the country’s historic drop in homicides is a good indicator of dropping gun deaths. At The Trace, we’ve been covering the decline in violence since at least 2023, so some of this may not exactly be new to you. But here’s a bit
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