The Importance Of Homicide Rate In The United States

Across America while people are waking up in the morning, most families turn on the morning news and listening while they eat breakfast, while getting dressed, or as a way to start their day. As you are starting your day, you are also made aware of the murders and/or heinous crimes that happened in your area. According to a report published by the FBI, murders in 2015 has increased by 10.8% as compared to previous years and out of the nation’s 15,696 murders, the weapon of choice were hand guns (DAVEY). These murders were conducted for a plethora of reasons, but the law would classify the murders as a form of domestic violence, hate crimes, drug related, etc. Majority of these crimes were committed with the help of a handgun. American history has shown us that more crimes and murders have happened after the invention of the handgun. Our history of murders and violence has spawn over several decades, however; since the 1980’s the murder crime rate has drastically increased and police and government officials have been trying to bring gun violence under control. If law enforcement can control the number of guns on the street, then they can control the number of deaths that happen with the use of these firearms.
and Josh Katz provides an excellent overview of the murderous crime rate within the United States and the reasons why law enforcement officials have failed to reduce these number or control gun violence. Most of the times, the public is provided a false picture depicting police officials successfully reducing the homicide rate, but this research will show a more accurate representation of where we stand in this murderous war has become an