| VAMatt said: At the end of the day, as gun ownership in the US has increased, violent crime has decreased. |
Has it though?
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-4.xls
Seems to have jumped significantly in 2016 when Donal Trump was elected which is the latest data point available.
Mass Shooting deaths are on the increase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States
Gun Suicide rates (Which tend to have a higher success rate than other methods) are some of the highest in the world too and increasing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States#Suicides
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/deaths-drugs-suicide-record.html
I know the USA likes to be the best at everything...
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