In a Blow to Media Gun Narrative, Homicides Down in 2017

"The FBI released new homicide data this week, and at the nationwide level, the 2017 homicide rate fell slightly, dropping to 5.3 homicides per 100,000 from 2016’s rate of 5.4. According to the report, there were 17,284 homicides in 2017. For context: drug overdoses killed 63,632 Americans in 2016 and more than 37,000 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents in 2016. The US homicide rate remains down considerably from the 1990s, when the homicide rate reached 9.8 per 100,000 in 1991"