Posted on 05/13/2014 9:43:23 AM PDT by rktman
Findings:
The gun homicide rate has fallen by 49% over the last twenty years, and the rate for other gun crimes has fallen by 75%.
BUT...
"Despite national attention to the issue of firearm violence, most Americans are unaware that gun crime is lower today than it was two decades ago. According to a new Pew Research Center survey, today 56% of Americans believe gun crime is higher than 20 years ago and only 12% think it is lower."
(Excerpt) Read more at armsandthelaw.com ...
Yes, and there’s an inverse relationship between the decline in gun crime and the increase of MSM coverage of gun crime.
Just think of how much lower it would be if we had more gun control laws. /s
Are you suggesting the MSM lies to support its own leftist agenda?
They would NEVER do anything so underhanded.
Take out the black gun crime stats and it is miniscule. Sad fact but a fact nonetheless.
Public perception is driven by the rate of reporting, not by reality.
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