This is called building a straw argument and then beating it to death with a red herring. This same report, issued a year ago for the year 2015, showed similar jumps in violent crimes in CO.  How far back does it have to go before you are willing to concede this isn't about Trump?  You probably blame him for the Aurora movie theater shooting, too. PS - I'm not a Trump supporter, so please save all the whiny adjectives