In this Bearing Arms article, Cam Edwards argues that newly reported crime trends undermine the gun-control movement’s claim that more lawful gun ownership inevitably produces more violence.
- FBI data cited in the article shows murders fell 18.1% in 2025, with a preliminary homicide rate of 4.1 per 100,000 people.
- Edwards notes that if those numbers hold, 2025 would mark the lowest U.S. homicide rate since the FBI began tracking it in 1960.
- Crime analyst Jeff Asher’s data suggests 2026 may bring another major decline, with several sources showing double-digit drops in murders through the early months of the year.
- The article cites Gun Violence Archive, Real-Time Crime Index, Major Cities Chiefs Association, and a 30-city sample as all pointing toward a steep decline in homicide.
- Edwards acknowledges that homicide declines appear to be slowing as warmer months arrive, but argues the trend remains remarkably positive.
- The piece frames the falling murder rate as a direct challenge to gun-control activists who predicted crime would rise after the Supreme Court struck down “may issue” carry laws in 2022.
- Edwards highlights that violent crime has declined since 2023 even as Americans continued buying millions of firearms.
- Some cities are seeing increases, including Chicago, Las Vegas, Charlotte, and Minneapolis, but the article emphasizes large drops in cities such as Birmingham, Houston, Memphis, Fort Worth, and Richmond.
- The article argues that declines in permitless-carry states complicate the narrative that looser gun laws automatically create more crime.
Read the full story: https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/05/27/us-on-track-for-another-record-low-homicide-rate-n1232661
At last, a conservative news aggregator that does not bow to the woke right.
