LA Times: 'Gun crime has plunged, but Americans think it's up'

Ahhh, of course. Witness the good work of the American media, which is not only sensationalist, but far-left. They're working hard to get people to give up their rights, and it's working -- slowly. From the LA Times:

In less than two decades, the gun murder rate has been nearly cut in half. Other gun crimes fell even more sharply, paralleling a broader drop in violent crimes committed with or without guns. Violent crime dropped steeply during the 1990s and has fallen less dramatically since the turn of the millennium.