There has been a certain amount of anticipation while the Federal Bureau of Investigations analyzed the available crime data for last year. The speculation among many was that the report would be, not just good news, but record-setting good news.
Earlier this month, the FBI released the numbers, and they were worth the wait.
According to the Bureau, from 2024 to 2025, America saw “the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936.” Murder declined 18.1%, rape was down 7.6%, aggravated assault dropped 7.2%, and robbery came down 18.5%. The Bureau’s release noted that the 2025 murder rate tied the years 1955 and 1956 for the lowest recorded rate.
These numbers are clearly worth celebrating. Unless, of course, you’re an anti-gun extremist who relies on exploiting violent crime to promote your attacks on the Second Amendment.
A week after the release of the FBI report, none of the major anti-gun organizations appear to have anything to say about what any rational individual would call either great news or at least a major story in public safety.
The sections of their websites for “news” or “press releases” were strangely silent about the FBI report while this article was being written. There were plenty of hysterical, inaccurate rants predicting doom-and-gloom over recent court rulings that upheld the Second Amendment and efforts to realign federal policies to respect the right to keep and bear arms. Some of these anti-gun claims were so preposterous that they even provoked a response from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to set the record straight.
But “gun safety advocates” uncharacteristically had nothing to say about the good news of falling violent crime.
Even The Trace, the anti-gun “media” outlet that claims to “use the power of journalism to improve public understanding, increase accountability, and identify solutions that can lead to safer homes and communities for all Americans,” appeared at a loss for words. Of course, considering this “media” outlet is really little more than billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun propaganda mill, that’s not terribly surprising.
After all, what could they say? For years, all of these anti-gun activists have falsely claimed that more guns in the hands of ordinary Americans means more crime. Their answer has always been to eviscerate the Second Amendment.
But there are currently more guns owned by more law-abiding citizens than ever in the history of this great nation. And since the historic Supreme Court rulings in Heller, McDonald, Bruen, and Wolford—combined with the dramatic expansion of Constitutional Carry laws into 29 states over the last few decades—it could be easily argued that the Second Amendment and the right to arms is more practiced and publicly accepted in America than anyone alive today can recall.
Meanwhile, the supposedly game-changing rules the Biden-Harris administration implemented to enforce the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, as well as ATF’s much ballyhooed “zero tolerance” inspection regime for gun dealers, were all rendered dead letters by subsequent court decisions and ATF administration actions. Certainly, they can’t be credited. Indeed, the drop coincided with the first year of the most pro-gun presidential administration of NRA-ILA’s 51-year history.
We previously reported on what moist anticipated would be good news from the FBI, and those early expectations have largely been met. Unfortunately, we could also have reliably predicted that declining crime wouldn’t deter anti-gun extremists from continuing to push their anti-freedom agenda. They will simply ignore the good news, exploit horrific but rare tragedies, and keep pushing to ban your guns.
The obvious takeaway is that it’s never been about violent crime for them. It’s all about restricting your freedom.
“Even The Trace, the anti-gun ‘media outlet that claims to ‘use the power of journalism to improve public understanding, increase accountability, and identify solutions that can lead to safer homes and communities for all Americans,’ appeared at a loss for words.”
They are “at a loss for words” because they are mourning the loss of their false narrative.
The Trace, the pretend-journalist organization with most if not all of their so called ‘journalists’ and other employees fully behind the DSA and far-left wing agenda to murder as many conservatives and black people and jews as possible and overthrow the United States by violent means – touting they are using ‘use the power of journalism to improve public understanding, increase accountability, and identify solutions that can lead to safer homes and communities for all Americans,’
When they support gun bans, open borders, no-cash bail and “restorative” justice how could they possibly laud the result of loosening gun regs, closing the borders and locking criminals up?
Motivated reasoning.
Being “all about restricting your freedom” is an oversimplification. We need to understand incentive structures and competing worldviews.
BREAKING: ATF HACKED — Was the NFA Registry Stolen?
“ATF has confirmed a “major” cybersecurity incident after the Qilin ransomware operation claimed the agency as a victim. I break down what happened, who Qilin is, what ATF is saying about eForms and NFA data, and what my ATF sources told me directly.”
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Not Just a Tactic: How Your 911 Call Fits into a Legal Strategy After Self-Defense.
“Survival is step one. We’re step two.
Armed Attorneys Emily Taylor and Richard Hayes break down one of the most important—and misunderstood—parts of the aftermath of a self-defense shooting: the 911 call.
What’s the difference between a tactic and an actual legal strategy? Should you call 911 yourself? Should someone else make the call? How much should you say? And could trying too hard to “say nothing” actually make you look worse to police, prosecutors, and eventually a jury?
In this episode, Emily and Richard examine a real-world discussion about a self-defense case where the shooter’s significant other called 911, said only that there had been a shooting, gave the address—and hung up.
That call reportedly became one of several facts that concerned investigators and prosecutors.
So what should armed citizens learn from it?
Emily and Richard discuss:
Strategy vs. tactics after a self-defense incident
Why your 911 call can become important evidence
How that first call can set the tone for responding officers and investigators
Why saying too much after a traumatic event can be dangerous
Why saying too little can create its own problems
Whether having someone else call 911 can be helpful
The importance of getting police and medical assistance to the scene
Why adrenaline, stress, and confusion matter when deciding what to say
Why there is no magic 911 script that replaces sound legal strategy
How advice that sounds great on YouTube may play very differently in a real courtroom
Why your decisions after a defensive shooting should fit into a larger legal strategy—not just a collection of isolated tactics
Strategy is the overall goal and plan. Tactics are the individual decisions you make along the way.
The goal isn’t simply to memorize a phrase or mechanically follow a checklist. It’s to understand how everything you do—from the 911 call to your interaction with responding officers—may fit into the legal case that follows.
If you carry a firearm for self-defense, this is a conversation you need to hear before you ever find yourself making that call.”
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