Tucked away on A8 of the WSJ, in a blurb next to a picture of the Dalai Lama rubbing noses with MD Gov. O'Malley(?), was the following:

"The rates of gun violence and gun deaths in the U.S. are off sharply from their high levels of the mid-1990s, a new study shows. The Pew Research Center found that since a peak in 1993, the rate of people murdered by a firearm had dropped by nearly half, from 7 deaths per 100,000 people to 3.6 deaths in 2010. The rate at which people were victims of nonfatal gun violence fell 75% from 1993 to 2011."

So after the AWB ended, and during a period of increased firearms sales, deaths and injuries from firearms has fallen. Perhaps someone can explain why this is not being more widely reported? Oh right, it conflicts with the media message about rampant gun violence.

Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.