It's worth noting that non-fatal shootings still make up a large part of gun violence, in addition to gun homicides. From EveryTown: https://everytownresearch.

It's worth noting that non-fatal shootings still make up a large part of gun violence, in addition to gun homicides. From EveryTown: https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-cities/ https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-cities/ > "In San Francisco, there are 165 nonfatal shootings, almost five for every gun homicide." Overall, the Bay Area of today is not the same Bay Area of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Times have changed, populations have changed, statistics have changed. There's tons of variables, causes, and effects in motion such that determining "The Reason" is like deciding if Sasquatch exists. Reducing gun-related crime is a big effort that takes a huge coordination of groups and circumstances. The only reason this is worth mentioning is because addressing crime is more than just putting up a line chart of 'number of homicides' for a geographic region and then calling it a day as long as that metric is decreasing. It's easier for people (including local policymakers) to over-credit themselves with fixing problems, when the problems may not have gone away, only traveled somewhere else.