Is gun violence actually going down?

"We’ve had a massive decline in gun violence in the United States. Here’s why." (Max Ehrenfreund, Washington Post, Dec 3, 2015)

"Australia’s 1996 Gun Confiscation Didn’t Work – And it Wouldn’t Work in America"

"Gun homicides steady after decline in ’90s; suicide rate edges up" (Jens Manuel Krogstad, Oct 2015, pewresearch.org)

From "The World Is Not Falling Apart: Never mind the headlines. We’ve never lived in such peaceful times.",  Steven Pinker and Andrew Mack, slate.com Dec 2014.