[mandelbrotwurst]

Maybe there were less stabbings, poisonings, murders without a weapon, etc?

[rory]

~72% of murders are shootings [0], which makes the math on that pretty much impossible. Maybe the increase is all in wild shooting / firefights, while targeted and determined gun murders have stayed around the same level?

[0] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-...