From the article Bob linked:
"Nearly all the decline in the firearm homicide rate took place in the 1990s; the downward trend stopped in 2001 and resumed slowly in 2007. ... Violent non-fatal crime victimization overall also dropped in the 1990s before declining more slowly from 2000 to 2010, then ticked up in 2011. ... gun suicides now account for six-in-ten firearms deaths, the highest share since at least 1981. ... Compared with other developed nations, the U.S. has a higher homicide rate and higher rates of gun ownership, but not higher rates for all other crimes."
While a decrease in gun-violence is real, marked, and important, it is not the end of the story.
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