Posted on Dec 20, 2014
Teen and young adult murder rate at 30 year low.
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With all the current media attention on it, you would never guess that it is at a 30 year low. We are also at our highest level of gun ownership. Are the two linked, or just a coincidence?
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/youth-murder-rates-30-year-low-cdc-reports-f6C10604586
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/youth-murder-rates-30-year-low-cdc-reports-f6C10604586
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That's great news about the 30-year low teen and young adult murder rate, TSgt Joshua Copeland. I would say that higher levels of gun ownership don't correlate to that first statistic, but it would probably take some sort of sociological study to determine that.
And the story says that in 2010, 13 young people were "lost" every day. That's still not good news, but it's better than 14 (or whatever the higher rate was).
A telling quote from the story may answer the correlation question:
"Most of the killings involved firearms, and the decline in homicides using firearms was slower than the decline in those by other means, the CDC report found."
And the story says that in 2010, 13 young people were "lost" every day. That's still not good news, but it's better than 14 (or whatever the higher rate was).
A telling quote from the story may answer the correlation question:
"Most of the killings involved firearms, and the decline in homicides using firearms was slower than the decline in those by other means, the CDC report found."
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