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Butterfield Effect Hits 'The Trace' Hard as They Try to Reconcile Lower Crime, Higher Gun Ownership

Talyn

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Back in the olden days -- the 1990s -- violent crime in America peaked in about 1992, then began a steady, decades-long decline. Aside from a man-made spike thanks to the George Floyd/defund-the-police/"restorative justice" blip in 2020/2021 (which some of us are still dealing with), America hasn't seen crime rates this low in a century outside of a few blue urban enclaves that carefully cultivate their own special environments where crime is actively tolerated, if not encouraged.

So when violent crime rates started to fall after about 1992, people took note of the change in course. One of those people was New York Times reporter Fox Butterfield. In 1997, he wrote an article entitled, Punitive Damages; Crime Keeps On Falling, but Prisons Keep On Filling.



The Butterfield Effect

It's what happens when someone on the Left makes a statement that is laughably ludicrous on its face, yet it reveals what the speaker truly believes — no matter how dumb.

 
Just saw today that AOC is the leading contender for Dem pres nod in 28😳. If that’s not enough to convince you the left has lost its collective mind I dunno what is. That bimbo’s dumber than a box of rocks. The communist teachers union and college prof’s took over our schools decades ago and the chickens are coming home to roost. Krushev (sp?) said back in the 50’s that they would take America without firing a shot- that our own children would cause the change. Looks like he was right…
 
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