The states where gun crime has gotten worse since the 1990s

Amid the many high-profile mass shootings of recent years, there has been a familiar and mildly comforting refrain: that despite the awful headlines, gun violence is down from its early 1990s peak. Tragedies like Aurora, Newtown, and San Bernardino are horrific, this line of thinking goes, but the everyday carnage in America -- while still extremely high, compared to other Western nations -- has receded. New data from the State Firearm Laws project shows that the reality is a little more complic...