[Kevmo]

Something about this study is unsettling. I predict/suspect/respect/prespect that this finding will be nullified. This is suicide contrasted with murder, apples & oranges.

[Windflier]

I predict/suspect/respect/prespect that this finding will be nullified. This is suicide contrasted with murder, apples & oranges.

Mebbe, mebbe not. The thing that caught my eye, was the spin on the information.

Using the data to hand, the reporters could just have easily put up a headline that said: "Blacks 5.5 Times More Likely To Die Of Gun Homicide Than Whites"

They wouldn't have to say that they're comparing two entirely different stats, just as they didn't with the published headline. It's all about their political agenda.

[Cvengr]

From the numbers posted, 75/27 = about 3, not 5.5

So even from a statistical viewpoint, whites would only be 3x more likely to commit suicide by gun than Blacks.

Meanwhile, 151/15 = about 10
Blacks are 10x more likely to cause gun deaths than whites.

[AlexW]

“Something about this study is unsettling.”
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Of course. It is from the UK. What else would you expect.
No doubt, most of their data is out of context and distorted.

[SampleMan]

Gun deaths in the U.S. are divided by race with white people more likely to commit suicide with a firearm while an African-American individual is more likely to be shot and killed by someone else

Why no mention of who is doing the majority of the murdering of blacks and whites? Any more, the only way to read a story is by filling in the blanks.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Maybe there are 5 times more whites than blacks? C’mon, you can do ANYthing with figures.