If guns cause people to shoot other people…

Then why are shooting rates among people under the same laws are so disparate?

Look at the Chicago rates discussed in a recently released paper.

To begin with, the dramatic disparities the rates of nonfatal gunshot injury:
overall it’s 46.5 per 100,000 for the city as a whole from 2006-2012.
It’s 1.62 per 100,000 for whites; 28.72 for Hispanics, and 112.83 for blacks.

For all males, it’s 44.68 per 100,000; 239.77 for black males, and for black males from 18-34 it’s 599.65.

All these people are living under the same gun laws, economic system, and mayor. Yet, the rates at which guns are used illegally vary hugely. I’m thinking maybe, just maybe, it’s something other than guns.

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  1. Yes, Young Grasshopper; a culture, meticulously and painstakingly fabricated in the 20th century by the Progressive movement at taxpayer expense. Did you get your money’s worth?

  2. The answer is as clear as the nose on your face, and now we have the math to prove it:

    Guns are racist.

      • Oh, now you’re just trolling. And you left nickel-plated off your list. You are not only racist, sir, but clearly sexist as well. WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END!!?!?!?!?!?!11!?!?!?!/

          • America: 5% of the world’s population, 25% of the world’s incarcerated, and 50% of the world’s lawyers (so I’ve read, anyway). Coinkidink? Ol’ Billy had the right prescription for the problem.

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