It is the subject of nightly
television news reports, daily newspaper stories and prime time dramas.
Gun violence is seemingly everywhere you turn.
Ask
Americans how bad they think gun crime is, and 82 percent will say it
is either worse than it was 20 years ago, or mostly the same, according
to a Pew Research Center survey released this month.
But the numbers on gun crime show otherwise.
Firearm
homicide and other gun crimes — including robbery and assault — are
strikingly lower than they were two decades ago, a trend that has
mirrored the decline of violent crime overall, according to new county
and national data.
In San Diego County, gun homicides fell about 69 percent in the past 20 years.
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