Yes. You are correct. But this is politics not academia. Which is why the anti's use whatever numbers that support the narrative (learned in J School?). I didn't write the original piece and Belgium is a bad choice since it's suicide rate is astonishing.
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Volokh, Eugene <[email protected]> wrote: > The CDC, > http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su6001a14.htm, tbl. 2, reports > (2007 data) that the white non-Hispanic homicide rate was 2.75 (averaging > the male and the female rates); among black non-Hispanics, it was 24, among > Hispanics 7.5, among American Indians 7.85, and among Asians 2.4.**** > > ** ** > > * But in any event, I don’t think it’s quite right to > compare the white homicide rate in the U.S. against the total homicide rate > in Belgium (or any similar country). Belgium presumably has its own > minority groups, which might well have higher homicide rates for their own > social reasons. So it seems to me that we should compare the homicide rate > among the majority racial group in the U.S. against the homicide rate among > the majority racial (or, as relevant, ethnic) group in the foreign country, > not among the whole population of the foreign country.***** > > ** ** > > Eugene**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Olson, Joseph E. > *Sent:* Sunday, March 24, 2013 12:37 PM > *To:* Firearms Reg, List > *Subject:* High, very high, rates of homicide and suicide in Black > communities.**** > > ** ** > > I believe this is true. Anyone have the cites to the data?**** > > ** ** > > "The homicide rate among whites in the US is roughly the same as the > homicide rate in Belgium (1.5-1.7/100,000). Among Blacks, the rare is > 21/100,000. That's more than double the hispanic rate of 8/100,000. Of > those three groups, blacks are the least likely to own a gun. Homicide in > the US is not a gun problem, it is a young black man problem."**** > > ** ** > > Largely (entirely?) caused by social/cultural deficiencies. > **** > > ** ** > > -- **** > > > ************************************************************************************************************** > Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke), LL.M.(*Tax*. Florida) > o 651-523-2142 > Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) > f 651-523-2236 > St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 > c 612-865-7956**** > > [email protected] > http://law.hamline.edu/constitutional_law/joseph_olson.html**** > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. > -- ************************************************************************************************************** Professor Joseph Olson, J.D.(*Hon*. Duke), LL.M.(*Tax*. Florida) o 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c 612-865-7956 [email protected] http://law.hamline.edu/constitutional_law/joseph_olson.html
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