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TreeMac12 t1_j4ig4no wrote

Reply to comment by spurius_tadius in Police: Woman shot in the leg while in rideshare vehicle by JBizznass

Violent crime and specifically murders went down almost every year starting in 1994:

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/murder-homicide-rate

It might have had something to do with this:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3355/text

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spurius_tadius t1_j4jj9wl wrote

Well, I guess it's all solved and we have nothing to worry about then?

Sorry, but I remember that bill, it was yet another attempt at "getting tough on crime". I suppose it may have helped some crimes in some places, but really, by the time someone is "caught" and charged with federal crimes, it's too late. They've already done incalculable damage to the fabric of civilized society with all the crimes for which they've NOT been caught nor charged for.

The fact is crime goes up and down. Law enforcement and the courts can only do so much.

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