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JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 07:02 PM Oct 2015

Gun deaths: the numbers.

A young black man is nearly five times more likely to be killed by a gun than a young white man and 13 times more than an Asian American man. These numbers, dramatic as they are, actually understate the problem. If a black person is killed by a gun, it is judged a homicide 82 percent of the time. For the broad population, most gun deaths are ruled accidental or the result of suicide; only 34 percent of gun deaths are attributed to murder.

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Malcolm Gladwell recently argued in the New Yorker that many racial and ethnic groups experience a phase of violence over the years and that crime and violence ordinarily subside after a generation. That isn’t happening for young black men, he said, because the legal system has become more aggressive, sending more people to prison. That, in turn, may be prolonging the cycle of violence.

http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2014-08-20/the-stark-statistics-on-young-black-men-and-gun-violence


Of the 12,664 murder victims in 2011 for which supplemental data were received, most (77.6 percent) were male. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 1.)
Concerning murder victims for whom race was known, 50.0 percent were black, 46.0 percent were white, and 2.6 percent were of other races. Race was unknown for 175 victims. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 2.)
Single victim/single offender situations accounted for 48.4 percent of all murders for which the UCR Program received supplemental data. (See Expanded Homicide Data Table 4.)
Of the offenders for whom gender was known, 89.3 percent were males. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 3.)
Of the offenders for whom race was known, 52.4 percent were black, 45.2 percent were white, and 2.4 percent were of other races. The race was unknown for 4,077 offenders. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 3.)
Of the homicides for which the FBI received weapons data, most (67.8 percent) involved the use of firearms. Handguns comprised 72.5 percent of the firearms used in murder and nonnegligent manslaughter incidents in 2011. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 8.)
In 2011, in incidents of murder for which the relationships of murder victims and offenders were known, 54.3 percent were killed by someone they knew (acquaintance, neighbor, friend, boyfriend, etc.); 24.8 percent of victims were slain by family members. The relationship of murder victims and offenders was unknown in 44.1 percent of murder and nonnegligent manslaughter incidents in 2011. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 10.)
Of the female murder victims for whom the relationships to their offenders were known, 36.5 percent were murdered by their husbands or boyfriends. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Tables 2 and 10.)
Of the murders for which the circumstance surrounding the murder was known,
42.9 percent of victims were murdered during arguments (including romantic triangles) in 2011. Felony circumstances (rape, robbery, burglary, etc.) accounted for 23.1 percent of murders. Circumstances were unknown for 38.0 percent of reported homicides. (Based on Expanded Homicide Data Table 11.)
Law enforcement reported 653 justifiable homicides in 2011. Of those, law enforcement officers justifiably killed 393 felons, and private citizens justifiably killed 260 people during the commission of a crime. (See Expanded Homicide Data Tables 14 and 15.)

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/expanded/expanded-homicide-data

Just the facts. I didn't make these up.

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Gun deaths: the numbers. (Original Post) JDPriestly Oct 2015 OP
As the President said... deathrind Oct 2015 #1
We do have some gun laws. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #3
I chose to not have a gun in my home madokie Oct 2015 #2

deathrind

(1,786 posts)
1. As the President said...
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 07:23 PM
Oct 2015

2977 people died on 9/11 and our actions to prevent it from happening again resulted in close to if not more than 1 trillion dollars being spent / wars being started / civil liberties being gutted...

According to your post > 12600 people died in just the year (2011) and we still cannot get one piece of legislation passed to address the issue.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
3. We do have some gun laws.
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 07:44 PM
Oct 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_law_in_the_United_States

and California has strict ones:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_California

We can pass more gun laws, but what we need is a change of heart, a change in our culture.

Guns have been a big part of our culture from the beginning of our country.

Legislation -- OK, but I don't think it can solve the problem.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
2. I chose to not have a gun in my home
Sun Oct 4, 2015, 07:37 PM
Oct 2015

my car or anywhere around me. I wonder how many of us old Vets who spent time in war feel as I do.

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