2020 was a terrible year for homicides in the United States with an increase of 30% according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report. NBC News. 21,500 homicides were listed in the report in 2020, a major increase from 2019's 16,669. The high rate of homicide was still lower than the rate it reached during the 1990's, but is the highest it has been since that peak. The report covers about half of all police departments in the United States. There was some good news as most other crime, including property crime, burglary and rape all decreased. Other violent crime saw a minor increase.
My Comment:
As expected the numbers for the Uniform Crime Report are terrible when it comes to homicide. Murder is out of control in this country and it's more confirmation that what everyone knows is happening is actually happening.
Other crimes are mostly going down, but that may have a lot to do with the lockdowns we had last year. After all, it's hard to commit property crime or sexual assault if you are locked down. And given the high rates of gun ownership it's not surprising that burglary is going down. You would have to be nuts to try and break into someone's house these days if they are home.
So why did the murder rate explode last year? Almost certainly due to the Democrats anti-police, pro-crime agenda. It turns out when you don't arrest people they tend to go ahead and commit more crime. And it's also clear that police are not interested in enforcing the law when they know that by doing so they can get thrown under the bus. Why would anyone want to be a cop after what happened to Derrick Chauvin?
This has sent a message that people can commit crime without any repercussions. And they have been doing so. Honestly, there isn't a reason not to given that in the big cities crime goes unsolved. You can murder someone and get away with it if you are even remotely smart about it in these big cities.
I am guessing that the vast majority of this murder increase is due to gang violence. With drug dealing still being a major source of income, these criminal gangs are killing each other to gain control of these lucrative markets. They aren't getting much in the way of police interference either so they are doing what they can to gain control. And some of the violence stems from revenge killings due to the violence.
The media likes to try and blame the increase in gun sales for this violence but that's obviously getting the cause and effect reversed. People are buying guns because they are afraid of crime (and fear of instability and further gun control laws). Plus, the criminals usually get stolen or illegally purchased guns anyways, they are driving the massive sales boom.
What can be done to reduce the murder rate? Start throwing people in prison again. Get the cops back on the street and stop whining whenever some criminal gets wasted by them because he's too stupid to follow simple commands.
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