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Originally Posted by John_W
I agree with Sable, those comments stood out to me as well. Just thinking back, the Vietnam War was about 10 years long and how many died there, 59,000 or so. I think 160,000 is a pretty big number. Also, I believe suicides by gun gets counted as a homicide and there are about 20,000 suicide by gun per year.
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It's 160,000 over the last fifteen years. About 10,000 per year in a country of 330,000 people. Between 2009 and 2013 it was actually less than 9,000 per year. It's around 2/3 of all homicides.
In New Orleans, between 35-55% of homicides are classified as gang-related. In Chicago, an estimated 80% of homicides are gang-related. And in Baltimore, the police commissioner states that 80% of homicides are drug-related. Solve the problem of gang violence, and a huge chunk of the gun homicide and violence problem is solved.
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