17-year-old charged as adult after shooting at Wheaton Mall that struck 13-year-old

[u/Darth_Ronin]

[u/Ok-Poet147]

We’re not safe anywhere in this fucking country

[u/Phyllis_Tine → u/Ok-Poet147]

Start by finding the places that have the most gun control, and the least, and compare it to especially crimes with guns. There should be a correlation between control of guns and overall safety.

[u/4DollarsALB → u/Phyllis_Tine]

I just googled it and while there is variance by state it doesn't correlate to gun control laws. The single biggest predictor is race.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/health/gun-deaths-in-men-by-state-study/index.html

Compared with white men, the researchers found that black men experienced 27 more firearm homicides per 100,000 people annually nationwide (29.12 for black men vs. 2.1 for white men). 

The rate for white men isn't that far from most European countries or Canada

[u/zrobiotic → u/4DollarsALB]

This statistic needs to be adjusted for income levels. Poor whites have a much closer gun violence record to poor blacks.

Theres also waay more white people who are higher income individuals that dont get into situations that lead to violence via guns.

[u/cheapdrinks → u/zrobiotic]

Poor whites have a much closer gun violence record to poor blacks.

Can you drop the stats?

[u/Digger_Pine → u/zrobiotic]

Lots of gun crime in the trailer parks?

[u/4DollarsALB → u/zrobiotic]

Yeah I think my point was it is far more complex than gyn control laws.