{"id":255621,"date":"2026-08-27T16:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=255621"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:09:25","slug":"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the &#8216;More Guns, More Crime&#8217; Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-estimated-reading-time yoast-reading-time__wrapper\"><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__icon\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-icon=\"clock\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" style=\"display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.1em\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" stroke-width=\"2\" d=\"M12 8v4l3 3m6-3a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__spacer\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:1em\"><\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__descriptive-text\">Estimated reading time: <\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__reading-time\">3<\/span><span class=\"yoast-reading-time__time-unit\"> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 id=\"h-\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans own a lot of guns. Millions more enter private hands every year. Nearly 30 states now allow permitless carry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/biden-gun-control-movement-needs-another-jim-brady\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7551\">gun-control movement\u2019s<\/a> favorite formula were correct, violent crime should be climbing right alongside gun ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI\u2019s latest numbers show the opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/news\/press-releases\/fbi-releases-2025-reported-crimes-in-the-nation-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\">2025 Reported Crimes in the Nation statistics<\/a>, the violent crime rate dropped 9.3% between 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the largest one-year decline since the FBI began producing national estimates in 1936.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Violent crime dropped in 2025 with murder rate hitting 20-year low, new FBI stats show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UlUNmv5Qui8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><h2>Table of contents<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"#h-the-numbers-are-hard-to-ignore\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-level=\"2\">The Numbers Are Hard to Ignore<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-ccrkba-calls-out-the-gun-control-narrative\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-level=\"2\">CCRKBA Calls Out the Gun-Control Narrative<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-lawful-owners-aren-t-the-problem\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-level=\"2\">Lawful Owners Aren\u2019t the Problem<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-the-numbers-are-hard-to-ignore\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Numbers Are Hard to Ignore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every major violent crime category moved downward in 2025:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter fell 18.1%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robbery dropped 18.5%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rape declined 7.6%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aggravated assault fell 7.2%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national murder rate dropped to 4.1 per 100,000 people. That ties 1955 and 1956 for the lowest murder rate recorded in the FBI report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Property crime also declined. Reported hate crime incidents dropped 7% using the FBI\u2019s comparable 2024 and 2025 dataset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was not a small sample from a handful of departments. More than 17,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/the-mil-leo-only-guns-from-your-favorite-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7548\">law enforcement<\/a> agencies submitted crime information to the FBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those agencies covered 96.2% of the country\u2019s population and reported more than 13 million criminal offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, this is a pretty broad look at what happened nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-ccrkba-calls-out-the-gun-control-narrative\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">CCRKBA Calls Out the Gun-Control Narrative<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ccrkba-new-york-frees-criminals-then-blames-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7547\">The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms<\/a> says the report blows apart the idea that widespread gun ownership automatically produces more violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing years of steady firearms sales, resulting in expanded gun ownership, violent crime has plummeted,\u201d CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gottlieb pointed to years of firearm sales measured in the millions, more than 20 million licensed concealed carriers and the continued spread of permitless carry laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty-nine states now allow eligible adults to carry firearms without first obtaining a government permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the FBI recorded a historic decline in violent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/streamlight-protac-rail-mount-vir-pro-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\">Streamlight VIR Pro Review: IR Power for $248<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That does not prove that gun ownership caused crime to fall. Crime trends are complicated. Policing, prosecution, demographics, economics and criminal behavior can all affect the numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the report does make one thing difficult to argue: More privately owned firearms do not automatically mean more violent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If that relationship were as simple as gun-control groups often claim, the FBI\u2019s numbers should be moving in the other direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-lawful-owners-aren-t-the-problem\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lawful Owners Aren\u2019t the Problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gun-control advocates frequently treat the total number of <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/ak-47-hog-blaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7550\">firearms<\/a> as a measurement of danger. More guns supposedly mean more murders, robberies and assaults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That argument ignores who owns those firearms and how they are used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millions of Americans keep <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/benelli-supernova-tactical-12-gauge-aguila-minishells-full-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"7549\">guns for self-defense<\/a>, hunting, competition and recreation. Tens of millions possess carry permits or live in states where no permit is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The overwhelming majority never use those firearms to commit crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccrkba.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"fbi-crime-drop-more-guns-more-crime\" title=\"FBI Crime Drop Punctures the 'More Guns, More Crime' Myth\">CCRKBA<\/a> argues that lawmakers should focus on violent offenders instead of placing additional restrictions on people who already follow the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe FBI data just let the air out of their tires,\u201d Gottlieb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2025 report will not end the gun-control debate. Both sides will continue arguing over what caused the decline and which policies deserve credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the basic takeaway is hard to spin away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America remains heavily armed. Lawful firearm ownership remains widespread. Carry restrictions have loosened across much of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And violent crime just posted its largest annual decline in nearly 90 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More guns may not automatically create less crime. 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