Posted on 05/07/2013 7:21:02 PM PDT by grundle
In less than two decades, the gun murder rate has been nearly cut in half. Other gun crimes fell even more sharply, paralleling a broader drop in violent crimes committed with or without guns.
The number of gun killings dropped 39% between 1993 and 2011, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported in a separate report released Tuesday. Gun crimes that weren’t fatal fell by 69%.
Despite the remarkable drop in gun crime, only 12% of Americans surveyed said gun crime had declined compared with two decades ago, according to Pew, which surveyed more than 900 adults this spring. Twenty-six percent said it had stayed the same, and 56% thought it had increased.
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Democrats wailing about gun crime — up 238%!!
My thoughts exactly. I looked outside to see if my house had left the planet.
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Most big papers are in big cities run by dems . Typically those have high gun crime rates.
They live in their own little bubble.
(“I can’t believe Nixon won, I don’t know a single person who voted for him”)
Gun crime is up the past couple of years in certain areas, but those are the areas that always have obscene crime rates — black majority areas.
The proper answer is “situational awareness”. Most people, even most black people, are suspicious of a group of young black men hanging out. It is wise to give them a wide berth and to make sure you are not being followed.
However, an individual is just as worthy of attention if they are carrying a baseball bat, or approaching from an angle where they could deliver a cheap shot.
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/scranton-man-jailed-longer-for-sucker-punch-robbery-1.1437570
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9041145
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_13847653?source=pkg
[[Most people, even most black people, are suspicious of a group of young black men hanging out]]
True, butm ost peopel are also suspicious of a group of white male teens too- the fact is that teeens are bored and look to get hteir kicks wherever they cna and at whomever’s expense they want-
Some of it is situational, but a lot of it is statistical.
Respectable black people are very apprehensive around black teenagers they don’t know, because black people are *more* likely to be attacked by young black men then are other races.
If a white person or Hispanic is seen by an aggressive group of young black men, they are seen as being of more risk to fight back, unless they are alone, obviously drunk, with nobody like them in the area.
There is the “weirdness” factor as well. Beyond a certain point, if somebody passing through their neighborhood looks or acts too different, that strangeness is seen as menacing, even dangerous. Often that is an accurate assessment. Even aggressive teenagers fear psychotics as out of their league.
I wonder if suicides are considered gun crimes?
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