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Dial H For Hero

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12. Per the linked report, a bit over half of them are suicides.

Reply to BlackSkimmer (Reply #7)

Mon May 2, 2022, 07:00 PM

May 2022

Young black males are vastly overrepresented in the homicide numbers. They are 20 times more likely to be killed in a homicide than their white counterparts. Despite being less than 2% of the population, they comprise 38% of the homicides.

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Report: CDC records highest-ever number of gun-related deaths in 2020 [View all] AndyS May 2022 OP

124 X 365 equals 45,260 gun deaths in one year! patphil May 2022 #1

I don't want to use the H word or the G word but that does seem to be where the NRA is headed. Initech May 2022 #2

Thanks for the great link, Andy. It's fascinating to read and weep over. CaliforniaPeggy May 2022 #3

The amount is not important, voices are and your voice added to mine and to thousands of others AndyS May 2022 #5

I don't understand why the NRA gun-fucks are so angry, and so fearful about gun control. Aristus May 2022 #4

Seems obvious that this is the nation that a majority of Americans prefer. Frasier Balzov May 2022 #6

NO! A large majority of Americans want more strict gun regulation. AndyS May 2022 #8

Who is shooting whom? BlackSkimmer May 2022 #7

Per the linked report, a bit over half of them are suicides. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #12

A young black man killed another in my town last week. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #13

Collective Shrug. maxsolomon May 2022 #9

Post removed Post removed May 2022 #10

Things are being done maxsolomon May 2022 #11