A new study breaks down those most vulnerable to firearm violence.
Posted on 01/06/2020 7:53:42 PM PST by Perseverando
A new study breaks down those most vulnerable to firearm violence.
Originally published on November 25, 2019 5:03 pm Overall crime in the United States has been declining since the early 1990s. But the same cannot be said for gun violence, which has seen a slight uptick in recent years. A new report from Boston University found that uptick has been led by an increase in homicides of young people — particularly of young black and Hispanic men.
Gun Violence Is A ‘Complicated Problem’ Researchers at Boston University, led by Dr. Bindu Kalesan, looked at national gun violence data from 1999 to 2016. From 1999 to 2014, gun violence rates stayed steady. But after 2014, there were increases in rates of both fatal and non-fatal firearm related injuries.
The research showed many differences in how gun violence affected communities. For example, the rates of suicide were high for white men, while black men were more likely to be victims of homicide.
Kalesan believes the problem of gun violence is a complicated one and can’t be solved with sweeping legislation.
She says it’s key we “understand the communities and provide interventions, which are specific for that community,” Kalesan said, “rather than passing some strange law like a bump stock ban.”
A Patchwork Of Laws Kalesan found that even in states that had passed gun control legislation, mortality rates kept rising. She believes this is partially due to a lack of community resources but also because states across the country have different gun control laws.
“We need something at the national level — the federal level — which is very restrictive to be able to make anything effective in any state,” Kalesan said. “And we haven’t done that yet!”
Kalesan argues that a law like a universal background checks would address some of the problems that affect homicide rates and the trafficking of illegal guns. But without it, background checks in states don’t make much of a difference to homicide rates because guns can be trafficked from states with less restrictive gun laws into states with more restrictive laws.
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It's not Trump voting, VCDL, GOA, NRA members who are committing violent gun crimes. It's the people who are all in for whatever the demoKKKrats want as long as they get their cut. Any laws the 'Rats make won't affect them; they won't obey them anyway.
Nevermind, this is just too easy.
Unreported full title:
“Young People Of Color Are The Most Frequent Victims Of Gun Homicides, and most perpetrators are ‘people of color’ “. There, fixed it.
In Baltimore last year, 81% of victims had rap sheets, 60% had been shot before. Basically bad guys whacking bad guys.
Also read that nearly all crime is committed by 3% of the American population.
It took a study to figure this out? All they would have to do is read FR and it would be much simpler and much cheaper.
I also don’t see how much it cost or whose brother-in-law got the contract.
People of color commit the most crimes. Usually in their neighborhoods where the victims are often other people of color; but not only.
Of course, if you mention that truth, you’re a RACISSSSS!
I believe we all know why.
Because of gangs and drugs plus people who think they can solve every single problem in their lives with violence.
On murders, it’s around half are by a demographic that’s about 3% of the population. It’s racist to talk about this, so it will be hard to find solutions. But you should give up all your gun rights because of this.
By other young people of color.
One culture celebrates how many time you got locked up and just how many times you’ve been shot. Rappers even embellish their biography to sound tougher than they really are.
That’s it! We need an army of social workers to invade the inner cities and find out what the heck is wrong with these people and fix them.
And when the social workers all get shot we need an army of undertakers to come in and bury them.
Yep.
So the country is getting whiter?
Gun violence. What a stupid term.
When’s the last time a gun hit somebody ? Punched someone out ? Carjacked someone ?
DUH! Does this clown writer not understand that statistics have shown this for AGES?!
If they’d help the police after a shooting, maybe the crime would be curtailed, but they never see anything! And then they gripe when the crime doesn’t get solved!
Gangs, drugs, life of crime could be major cause. Libs will now try to put gun manufacturers out of business because of it. Its not the irresponsible young peoples of colors fault.
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