Murder Rate

Murder Rates Climb- ‘Worse Than A War Zone’ in Some Cities

By Matthew Maruster / December 14, 2021

Last week, ABC News published a piece titled ‘It’s just crazy’: 12 major cities hit all-time homicide records’. I’m not going to chalk this up to COVID, as is the customary…

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Hundreds of Justified Shootings Every Year. Are You Prepared if Called Upon?

By Craig Martin / October 7, 2016

We talk a lot about justified shootings here at USA Firearm Training. It is a major portion of our concealed carry podcast every single week. It is an unfortunate reality that…

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America’s Murder Rate: Should You Prepare for the Worst?

By Craig Martin / October 6, 2016

Recently the FBI released its crime statistics for the year of 2015 and for the first time since 2012 the number of homicides increased. In 2014 there were 14,249 people murdered in the United States and in 2015 that number increased to 15,696. That is a 10.8 percent increase.

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