Why dont you come out and say what you actually mean? It seems like you have a strong position you are not stating as well.
Im not afraid to read between the lines. They are saying the gun violence risk to the average person is low, and the risk is focused on certain groups. Namely the suicidal and gang members.
Suicide makes up 55% of gun deaths, and the US is literally the only country in the world that counts these as gun violence. The remainder is primarily gang violence. Shooting of non-gang affiliated people is extremely rare, and noteworthy because of this rarity.
Most discussion and statistics about gun violence intentionally obfuscates these facts. We could speculate about the motivations why, but it is largely irrelevant.
Which part of this do you think encourages hate?
Now, I happen to think that gang violence is a real problem. It does massive harm to those involved, causes massive damage to the local community, and is an economic deadweight on society.
Im not afraid to read between the lines. They are saying the gun violence risk to the average person is low, and the risk is focused on certain groups. Namely the suicidal and gang members.
Suicide makes up 55% of gun deaths, and the US is literally the only country in the world that counts these as gun violence. The remainder is primarily gang violence. Shooting of non-gang affiliated people is extremely rare, and noteworthy because of this rarity.
Most discussion and statistics about gun violence intentionally obfuscates these facts. We could speculate about the motivations why, but it is largely irrelevant.
Which part of this do you think encourages hate?
Now, I happen to think that gang violence is a real problem. It does massive harm to those involved, causes massive damage to the local community, and is an economic deadweight on society.