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From the Pew Report:\u00a0 Violent crime in the U.S. has fallen sharply over the past quarter century.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0two most commonly cited sources<\/a>\u00a0of crime statistics in the U.S. both show a substantial decline in the violent crime rate since it peaked in the early 1990s. One is an\u00a0annual report by the FBI<\/a>\u00a0of serious crimes reported to police in more than 18,500 jurisdictions around the country. The other is a nationally representative\u00a0annual survey by the Bureau of Justice Statistics<\/a>, which asks approximately 160,000 Americans ages 12 and older whether they were victims of crime, regardless of whether they reported those crimes to the police.<\/p>\n Using the FBI numbers, the violent crime rate fell 51% between 1993 and 2018. Using the BJS data, the rate fell 71% during that span. The long-term decline in violent crime hasn\u2019t been uninterrupted, though.<\/em> The FBI, for instance, reported increases in the violent crime rate between 2004 and 2006 and again between 2014 and 2016. Violent crime includes offenses such as rape, robbery and assault.<\/p>\n The link is here:\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2019\/10\/17\/facts-about-crime-in-the-u-s\/<\/a><\/p>\n In Illinois:\u00a0\u00a0Gun owners from around the state plan to remind Illinois lawmakers about their opposition to a measure that would require those seeking a Firearm Owners Identification card to submit fingerprints on the first day of the fall legislative session.<\/p>\n Lawmakers return to Springfield on Oct. 28 for the first three days of the veto session. State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson said he expects it to be a busy session with a lot of different issues coming up. The association will focus on\u00a0Senate Bill 1966<\/a><\/strong>, a measure that would increase fees for Firearm Owner Identification cards.<\/p>\n \u201cDepending on where you are in the state, it drives up the cost between $200 to $300 for every five years so it becomes cost-prohibitive for the law-abiding firearm owner to do this,\u201d Pearson said.\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/gun-owners-plan-rally-for-start-of-fall-legislative-session\/article_4fede092-f1bd-11e9-82ce-afb3174c7a86.html<\/a><\/p>\n Back in May 2019, the cost for a new FOID was $10, with a renewal fee of $10.\u00a0 The bill would have changed the current $10 10-year FOID card to a $50\/five-year proposition that required fingerprints. https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2019\/06\/03\/illinois-foid-cost-increase-bill-tanks-for-now<\/a><\/p>\n But don’t despair: those esteemed political animals in the Illinois legislature have more crappy junk up their sleeves than a sheep has wool.<\/p>\n From Wyoming, the state where the mountains are beautiful and politicians and other overpaid individuals gather to ski, breathe fresh air, and make more bad decisions.<\/p>\n LARAMIE \u2013 Ambiguous language in a 2018 law means the Wyoming Supreme Court might have to review every criminal case that involves certain self-defense provisions, a supreme court justice said Thursday.\u00a0 \u00a0https:\/\/www.gillettenewsrecord.com\/news\/wyoming\/article_c2c0a8e2-7db1-56e8-810a-bb2dadb7b718.html<\/a><\/p>\n Justice Keith Kautz made the statement in an auditorium at the University of Wyoming College of Law, where the court heard arguments in the appeal of a first-degree murder case originating in Casper.<\/p>\n A Natrona County District Court judge earlier this year dismissed the case before trial, ruling that a \u201cstand your ground\u201d law only a month old at the time of the killing made the shooter immune from prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"