The trouble is that data from a particular city is not likely to be
representative of the country as a whole.
Eugene
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph E.
Olson
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 3:07 PM
To: List Firearms Reg
Subject: RE: Heller case's resultant racial issues?
According to police reports quoted in the Star-Tribune, 27 or 28
out of the 30 homicides in Minneapolis so far this year are "gang"
related. In Minneapolis, gang makeup reflects the lower class
population. Mostly black, some asian, and few hispanic. Not a "study,"
but facts nevertheless.
I really wish we could get by "political correctness" regarding
firearm misuse. It is so clearly a social/cultural phenomenon and the
only solution to any "wave of violence" (like Chicago's) has to be
social/cultural not technological (gun bans, etc.). It really IS the
person behind the gun, car, or whatever.
>>> "Volokh, Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/27/08 4:49 PM >>>
Oh, there is plenty of solid data that the overwhelming
majority of homicide and, a disproportionate share (often the majority)
of many other crimes is intraracial, and in large measure
black-on-black. But I was looking for data that the majority of gun
violence is committed *by criminal gangs that tend to be organized along
ethnic minority lines*.
Eugene
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