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Murder Rate Ties Its Lowest Ever Recorded
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- FBI 2025 Crime Data: Murder Rate Ties Historic Low After Record Gun Sales — AmmoLand ↗
- FBI: U.S. experiences historic drop in violent crime, lowest murder rate in 70 years — KBTX ↗
- US murder rate falls to lowest level since the 1950s, FBI data shows — NBC Palm Springs ↗
- Homicides dropped 18.1% in 2025 to the lowest rate since 1956, FBI says — La Nacion (AP) ↗
- Trump claims historic fall in US violent crime — IANS ↗