Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
|
It kind of goes back to what I was saying about the information age. Back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s; when people were murdered outside of the general area that someone lived in, there was a better than good chance that they would never hear about it. It "might" make it to page 6 of a small town local newspaper if at all. Today, we have easy access to news, pictures and video that we are bombarded with more information. It feels like more is going on, but it isn't necessarily the reality. Just like with race crimes. I think anyone who doesn't think race relations and racial class mobility were worse 50 years ago, needs to open up some history books.
Having said that, gun violence has declined in general, but so has gun ownership. Maybe there is a connection? It also seems like the type of gun violence (domestic terrorist attacks and mass shootings) have gone up, as have gun crimes in specific cities.