Late July White House data put 2026 first-half homicides on pace for a 126-year low, and August FBI numbers showed violent crime down 9.3 percent from 2024 to 2025 after Trump told Nassau County officers he ended the war on police and declared war on crime. They arrived with Bruen carry expansion, 29 permitless states, NFA rollbacks, 52 percent of 2023 voters in gun homes, 2026 estimates of 500 million guns and one in ten AR-style owners, Gallup gun issues at 0-0.5 percent for seven months, and a 22 percent drop in Democrats calling gun policy very important versus 2022.