Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn’t increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What’s crazy is that its both sides of the isle doing this. The far right does it to stoke fear and over-promote guns as the only means of protection, and the far left does it to villainize guns as the root of all violence. It’s exhausting.

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      1 year ago

      Which current politicians are “far left”? But more importantly, what Democrat politicians are fear mongering about rampant crime?