Posted on Apr 26, 2023
Study finds gun assault rates doubled for children in 4 major cities during pandemic
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/26/ [login to see] /study-finds-gun-assault-rates-doubled-for-children-in-4-major-cities-during-pand
Rates of gun assaults on children roughly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study that looked at gun deaths and injuries in four major cities. Black children were the most frequent victims.
The analysis from Boston University included a review of gun assaults between March 2020 and December 2021 in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York.
It found that Black children in those cities were 100 times more likely than white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings. Researchers did not include accidents or incidents of self-harm.
Rates of gun assaults on children roughly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study that looked at gun deaths and injuries in four major cities. Black children were the most frequent victims.
The analysis from Boston University included a review of gun assaults between March 2020 and December 2021 in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and New York.
It found that Black children in those cities were 100 times more likely than white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings. Researchers did not include accidents or incidents of self-harm.
Study finds gun assault rates doubled for children in 4 major cities during pandemic
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Firearms and Guns
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Children
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Issue is multi-faceted, but US has far more guns per capita than other nations. Some gun owners do not properly secure their weapons to avoid misuse by minors.
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In many respects it doesn’t take a genius to figure some of this out. Schools were shut down, many kids in the inner cities have one parent, if that parent is working who is making sure the kids are online with their teacher. Hmmmmm! Yeah, they are on social media or roaming the streets. Just my 2 cents.
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PO3 Shayne Seibert
The lockdowns created a whole new level of feral children. It sucks that it hit minorities the hardest, but you don't learn if you don't get hurt I guess. God knows nobody is learning anything in schools anymore, because the threat of corporal punishment is gone.
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No great shock. They studied four cities with extreme gang violence problems and discovered that armed gang bangers tend to shoot other armed gang bangers.
I love that the report finds that "Black children in those cities were 100 times more likely than white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings" without noting that the shooters were equally likely to be 'persons of color'
The leading cause of death among young black males is other young black males.
I love that the report finds that "Black children in those cities were 100 times more likely than white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings" without noting that the shooters were equally likely to be 'persons of color'
The leading cause of death among young black males is other young black males.
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