I count on the police doing their jobs. It's been working well in a number of large blue places.
The above graph ends early; you can read the last few years off this one:
BTW, the approach of fighting guns with more guns is FAILING!!!
Gun laws, which are set at the state leve, are effective - as shown by per capita gun deaths by state red vs blue
America's gun homicides in perspective 2020
Meanwhile, firearms have been the leading cause of death for US children and teens since 2020, representing 19% of all deaths for children 18 years and younger in 2021.
@sunsporter1649 If you think my numbers are wrong, then go ahead, show us your numbers, sunstroke.
There wasn't an increase, there was a change in reporting methods.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program began collecting data on crime committed across the United States in 1930. Law enforcement agencies from across the U.S. voluntarily report their information to the FBI. Prior to January 1, 2021, most reporting of crime by local law enforcement agencies was done through the Summary Reporting System (SRS).
Beginning in 2021, the FBI phased out the SRS and transitioned to only using the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
The FBI has said the most significant difference between NIBRS and SRS is the degree of detail in reporting.
“In the traditional SRS reporting, law enforcement agencies tally the occurrences of eight Part I crimes,” the FBI stated. “NIBRS is capable of producing more detailed, accurate, and meaningful data because it collects data about when and where crime takes place, what form it takes, and the characteristics of its victims and perpetrators.”
The old SRS system, for instance, had limits on which offenses would be reported from a single incident. Only the most serious crime would be reported to the FBI. As an example, if a person was arrested for armed robbery and murder, the incident would only be recorded as a murder. NIBRS, in contrast, requires each individual crime from a single incident to be reported. In the example above, both the murder and armed robbery would make their way into the data. While theoretically more accurate, the transition placed new administrative burdens on local law enforcement that decreased participation.
@WowwGirl I think quotes from primary sources are very important.
What it says, in short, is that the FBI did not "quietly revise crime statistics." Instead, the FBI introduced a new and more accurate crime reporting system.
Thus sunstroke's source is lying about the FBI and about why the numbers might have changed.
