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One in five US adults has had a family member killed by a gun: study
NY Post ^ | 04/11/2023 | Olivia Land

Posted on 04/11/2023 7:32:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Nearly one in five adults in the US say they have a relative who was killed by a gun, a disturbing new study revealed Tuesday.

The troubling statistic included death by suicide, according to the report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

A similar amount – 21 percent – of respondents said they had been personally threatened with a gun.

The study also found that people of color were disproportionately impacted by gun violence, with three in 10 black adults and one-fifth of Hispanic respondents saying they have witnessed someone being shot.

Thirty-four percent of black adults reported having a family member who was killed by a firearm, or two times the share of white adults who said the same.

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KEYWORDS: armeveryone; banglist; fakenews; family; gun; killed; member; shallnotbeinfringed; standyourground
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To: SunkenCiv

They didn’t mention that about 2% of the population commits almost 60% of the murders and that murders are far more prevalent in large cities with high density populations of blacks and Latinos. And that blacks are overwhelmingly targeted by other blacks.


121 posted on 04/11/2023 9:52:19 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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To: escapefromboston

Yep, you can have a physician assisted suicide, you just can’t use a gun.


122 posted on 04/11/2023 9:53:40 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (It's science and therefore cannot be questioned!)
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Really?

How many were killed because of Fentanyl?


123 posted on 04/11/2023 9:56:39 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome
How many were killed because of Fentanyl?

I know people who have died from fentanyl, but no one killed by someone using a gun.

124 posted on 04/11/2023 9:58:51 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: rktman

I don’t know off-hand what “debi downer” means.


125 posted on 04/11/2023 9:59:06 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: laplata

One who brings people down mentally.


126 posted on 04/11/2023 10:01:09 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Of that 1 in 5…. How many of those guns were purchased LAWFULLY????


127 posted on 04/11/2023 10:16:13 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Yes, the Paradox of Zeno has a beneficial impact for society.


128 posted on 04/11/2023 10:17:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
The troubling statistic included death by suicide, according to the report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

I have a cousin who killed himself and I never once had the urge to blame his gun.   I blamed the evil woman he married who killed herself on the one year anniversary of his death because in her evil brain, it was always about her.

129 posted on 04/11/2023 10:18:13 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; ...

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130 posted on 04/11/2023 10:30:27 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PGR88
This is stupid.

Since a “family” would be at least 4-5 people - that would mean, on average every FAMILY would have had one member killed by a gun.

The text does not match the headline.

Nearly one in five adults in the US say they have a relative who was killed by a gun, a disturbing new study revealed Tuesday.
They are clearly using the word family as an extended family meaning.
131 posted on 04/11/2023 10:34:35 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: PLMerite

Skimmed the underlying study. Doesn’t seem to define ‘family’ at all nor does it specify how recently so can’t properly define any denominator. Personally I can think of two such. Mom’s first cousin was shot dead by her husband in 1950s, before I was born. My second cousin, also on Mom’s side, was briefly made national news in 1970s when, as a nursing professor, she was shot dead in her classroom by a male student.


132 posted on 04/11/2023 10:52:28 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris events are called dodo ops)
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To: rktman

Thanks.


133 posted on 04/11/2023 10:53:56 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

TOTAL BS!!!!


134 posted on 04/11/2023 11:01:24 AM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: cgbg

I knew a kid in H.S. that somehow or another shot himself.


135 posted on 04/11/2023 11:02:24 AM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: cuz1961

I came close to pulling my pistol on a dude...a few years ago.


136 posted on 04/11/2023 11:05:26 AM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: laplata

This is an absolute lie.


137 posted on 04/11/2023 11:17:12 AM PDT by cquiggy
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To: cquiggy

If the study includes friends, political opponents, professional associates, witnesses to your crimes and those about to testify against you, HILLARYous might be brining up the averages enough to make this believable


138 posted on 04/11/2023 11:20:15 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer ("Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Killed by a gun

No

Die by a gun which includes suicide by gun, yes.


139 posted on 04/11/2023 11:26:22 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: higgmeister
They are clearly using the word family as an extended family meaning.

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Even considering for "extended relatives" its a BS statistic. approx 1 person per every 16,550 Americans is murdered with a gun (not suicide)

For every "1 in 5" people to know an extended family member killed with a gun, such a person would, on average, need to know about 3300 just in their family.

140 posted on 04/11/2023 11:29:42 AM PDT by PGR88
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