Teen and young adult murder rate at 30 year low.

TSgt Joshua Copeland — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 19:32:39 -0500

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

Murder rates for children, teens and young adults hit a 30-year-low in 2010 – but just barely, government health officials reported on Thursday. At least one violence expert said the findings offer "real signs of hope" that violence prevention works.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 21 at 2014 12:16 AM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:16:08 -0500

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."