• Buelldozer@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    It’s a good theory and one that I bought into as well but the statistics should have stayed down if that was the cause. Since they didn’t there must have been another factor.

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        1 year ago

        Unfortunately Violent and Firearm Crime statistics started climbing again in 2015. The pandemic may have played a role but it cannot be the cause.

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          1 year ago

          🤔 So what happened in the mid to late '10’s to cause it? Maybe it was the rise of Trump.