How overall homicide rates compare for whites, hispanics, and blacks (both sexes)
Overall homicide rate per 100,000 for whites, 1999: 3.84.
Homicide rate for persons of Hispanic origin: 9.14.
Homicide rate for blacks: 21.94.
How homicide rates compare for white, hispanic, and black women
Homicide rate for women: 2.94.
Homicide rate for white women: 2.16.
Homicide rate for women of Hispanic origin: 2.99.
Homicide rate for black women: 7.83.
Bonus info on gun ownership and victimization of women (from our good buddies at Violence Policy Center):
27% of whites own a gun.
11% of hispanics own a gun.
16% of blacks own a gun.
Only about 8% of women own a gun.
I was unable to find figures for black women vs. white women, but if one assumes (based on the above info) that white people are 70% more likely to own a gun than black people... a bit of algebra leads me to make an educated guess that, probably:
Around 8.5% of white women own guns.
Only around 5% of black women own guns.
96% of women murdered are murdered by a male.
42% of female murder victims are black women.
Of the minority of women who own a firearm, the reason for ownership given by 85%: self-defense.
Violence Policy Center's response to this victimization of women by armed, violent, physically stronger men:
Demand that all legal handguns in the United States be banned and confiscated.
Of the minority of women who own a firearm, the reason for ownership given by 85%: self-defense.
I tried to abort the punch of the posting button (and thought I had).
I like to have my ducks in a row when I do battle with the unconstitutional socialist's and hate to be asked and not know.........
Stay Safe !
Here's another way of saying that:
Violence Policy Center's response to this victimization of women by armed, violent, physically stronger men:
Demand that 7 million American women have their legally owned handguns, purchased for the express purpose of self-defense, forcibly confiscated and taken away from them -- permanently.
Demand that another 1 million American women have legally owned handguns taken away from them which were purchased for other reasons but which could quite readily be used for self-defense.
Demand that another 100 million women be barred, for the rest of their lives, from ever owning a handgun they could possibly use to actively defend their lives and persons.