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FBI Data: Violent Crime Continues to Fall While Legislatures Move to Ban ‘Assault Weapons’

March 6, 2025February 7, 2020 by TTAG Contributor

By Elizabeth McGuigan Crime continued to decline in the first half of 2019, according to new preliminary data published by the FBI. Violent crimes dropped by 3.1 percent compared to January-June 2018 and property crime fell by 5.6 percent. Looking at violent crimes, the decline was seen in every region and follows decreases in 2018 and 2017. … Read more

Civilian Small Arms Ownership Is The Cancer Of Society

June 19, 2018 by Dan Zimmerman

“Accessing accurate data for small arms is always a difficult task. In the arms trade, small arms are considered the cancer of any society, as they facilitate human rights abuses, criminality, insurrection as well as murder, particularly in developing countries or countries subject to war.” – British arms trade expert Martin Drew in Civilians own 85% … Read more

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