“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 20 Sep 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
The data is cherry-picked. After an initial decline in 2017 and 2018, violent crime in West Virginia rose again in 2019 and 2020 and is now back around its level prior to the law being passed.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 20 September 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 November 2021, 43 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
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