This would be interesting if the root cause was guns. The 30% increase is a byproduct of COVID shutdowns pushed by the left. So, now who really cares about the welfare of the youth in this country? The shutdowns were terrible for kids, as it caused some to become more isolated and commit suicide (primarily white kids), and others (especially the poor) lost a year or more of education that they will never get back and will affect their lifetime earnings to the tune of 17 trillion dollars to roam the streets and start shooting each other (the homicide deaths were primarily among black youths).
Glad that lefties like you have finally realized the error of your policies. Bravo.
Have other developed countries seen a similarly nasty rise in mass shootings and kids being slaughtered? Many of them had lockdowns that would make the American right die of rage
The parts of America where the bulk of these gun deaths occur is not “developed”.
Who is causing the gun violence? Demographics please? Is it the Asians, Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Albanians, Spanish, Irish. Persians, Polish, Germans. Puerto Ricans, Rednecks, Scandinavians, Mexicans, White Supremacists, Koreans, Japanese, LBGQT/LMNOP, Filipinos, Indians, Hippies, Native Americans, Mexicans, Mormons, Baptists, Buddhists, Catholics, Atheists, African immigrants, African Americans, Italians, Samoans, Chinese, Danes, Swiss, Punjabi, Bengali, Maori? All of them can buy guns. Are they all using them to kill each other?
If we can't identify who's killing whom then how do we expect to address this problem?
One thing for sure is the NRA hasn't killed or harmed a single person. What about Planned Parenthood?
So all those people who have died on our roads because of alcohol you don't get? You really don't get this at all do you? And hell no about more people thinking having those kinds of weapon is smart and responsibe, it's dumb anf very irresponsible that is why they were banned.
You really don't get this do you?
Repeatedly saying “don’t you get this” doesn’t help your point or give you the high ground you think it does.
They were banned for political, not practical reasons. The unconstitutional ban expired and congress rightly decided not to reinstate it.
YES we should be able to bare arms..........BUT we don't need no damn machine gun. And back in 1776 they had single shot muskets.
We have to stop the insanity, we cannot allow Joe Public to be able to defend the Alamo single handed vs that Mexican army. Nobody needs to own a weapon that deadly and we all know this. Get rid of these killers nobody needs them.
automatic fire rifles are illegal and have been for a very long time.
Even pistols are semi automatic.
you just want all guns to be illegal.
too bad for you that’s never going to happen. Although in reality guns make the country better for you and everyone else. you are too stupid to realize it, but I’m sure that’s a common occurrence in your life.
How do guns make the country better for you and everyone else compared to a country like New Zealand that barely has guns and has way lower gun crime/shootings?
How can guns make the country better if guns have become the number one cause of death among 1-19 year olds?
In an analysis of the most recent data available through the CDC, clinical researchers revealed that firearm injuries are now the leading cause of death among children up to age 19, and the racial gap between black and white...
A researcher has analyzed deaths in children and teens and showed that in 2020, guns were the #1 cause of death in 1-19 year olds in the USA. A jump of 29% the year before. Why are Americans killing so many American children with guns?
What has changed? Guns have been around a really long time without idiots going in and shooting up classrooms. Encouraging sanctity for life is a great place to start. Having parents that are teaching ethics/values is another.
According to the Supplemental Appendix to underlying NEJM letter, the vast majority of guns deaths for 1-19 year olds are black victims, and the vast majority of the 2020 increase are black victims as well. This is at the same time that several media companies (e.g., NYT, CNN, NBC) were encouraging black people to arm themselves for self-defense purposes against the police and other alleged white racists.
The NEJM article doesn't break down the statistics by age -- i.e., and e.g., there is no breakdown for 5-6 year olds versus 18-19 year olds, who are considered adult in the US. That is an odd omission as the data clearly exists. In fact, the whole category 1-19 is an odd grouping, and seems designed to suggest higher numbers of child victims, when the likelihood is that most were adults (18-19).
The timing of the article with the Uvalde tragedy is likely an attempt to pretend that increasing gun deaths for children is because of random school shootings, but those numbers are a very small percentage (probably 1%) of the totals. But the racial statistics show this is what it has always been -- gang violence in black neighborhoods. Many gun regulations have been specifically aimed at that problem, but none seem to have had much effect. Furthermore, society doesn't seem to care. Liberals try to ignore statistics on gang violence in black neighborhoods because it contradicts other exaggerated causes of theirs, and many conservatives don't mind when one gang member (presumptive criminal) shoots another.
Who is causing the gun violence? Demographics please? Is it the Asians, Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Albanians, Spanish, Irish. Persians, Polish, Germans. Puerto Ricans, Rednecks, Scandinavians, Mexicans, White Supremacists, Koreans, Japanese, LBGQT/LMNOP, Filipinos, Indians, Hippies, Native Americans, Mexicans, Mormons, Baptists, Buddhists, Catholics, Atheists, African immigrants, African Americans, Italians, Samoans, Chinese, Danes, Swiss, Punjabi, Bengali, Maori? All of them can buy guns. Are they all using them to kill each other?
If we can't identify who's killing whom then how do we expect to address this problem?
One thing for sure is the NRA hasn't killed or harmed a single person. What about Planned Parenthood?
Deno, you're right. But it's also important to see that we have a long history of permitting sensible gun regulations on the local and state level, going back to revolutionary days. A gun historian talked about the extraordinary prevalence of such regulations. The second amendment, after all, begins with the key term, 'a well-regulated militia.' Regulations are fundamental to the Second Amendment, and they were always taken as such by the Courts until recently.
According to the Supplemental Appendix to underlying NEJM letter, the vast majority of guns deaths for 1-19 year olds are black victims, and the vast majority of the 2020 increase are black victims as well. This is at the same time that several media companies (e.g., NYT, CNN, NBC) were encouraging black people to arm themselves for self-defense purposes against the police and other alleged white racists.
The NEJM article doesn't break down the statistics by age -- i.e., and e.g., there is no breakdown for 5-6 year olds versus 18-19 year olds, who are considered adult in the US. That is an odd omission as the data clearly exists. In fact, the whole category 1-19 is an odd grouping, and seems designed to suggest higher numbers of child victims, when the likelihood is that most were adults (18-19).
The timing of the article with the Uvalde tragedy is likely an attempt to pretend that increasing gun deaths for children is because of random school shootings, but those numbers are a very small percentage (probably 1%) of the totals. But the racial statistics show this is what it has always been -- gang violence in black neighborhoods. Many gun regulations have been specifically aimed at that problem, but none seem to have had much effect. Furthermore, society doesn't seem to care. Liberals try to ignore statistics on gang violence in black neighborhoods because it contradicts other exaggerated causes of theirs, and many conservatives don't mind when one gang member (presumptive criminal) shoots another.
“This is at the same time that several media companies (e.g., NYT, CNN, NBC) were encouraging black people to arm themselves for self-defense purposes against the police and other alleged white racists.”
why insert a totally false sentence? you could have made a decent point.
