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Kansas among five states with highest black homicide rate
February 2, 2009
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Topeka — A study finds Kansas is fourth in the nation in the rate of black homicides.
The study came from nonprofit Violence Policy Center in Washington D.C., which supports gun-control efforts.
The study found that there were about 32 homicides per 100,000 black Kansas residents in 2006. Pennsylvania was first, followed by Michigan and Indiana.
The report analyzed the most recent data available from the FBI.
Kansas didn’t make the top five in the previous two studies.
Co-author and Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh Sugarmann says the results show that the role of guns in black homicides must be addressed.
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Wallythewalrus (Anonymous) says…
Kansas didn’t make the top five in the previous two studies.Co-author and Violence Policy Center Executive Director Josh Sugarmann says the results show that the role of guns in black homicides must be addressed.I guess we should try harder to make the top of the list. Or am I missing something? Where did I put my mind?
2 February 2009
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xbusguy (Anonymous) says…
Figures lie, and liars figure.
2 February 2009
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think_about_it (Anonymous) says…
So are they saying that blacks shouldn't have guns anymore? Racists.
2 February 2009
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snap_pop_no_crackle (Anonymous) says…
You're doing a heck of a job, Barry.
2 February 2009
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feeble (Anonymous) says…
snap_pop_no_crackle (Anonymous) says…You're doing a heck of a job, Barry.===================The study found that there were about 32 homicides per 100,000 black Kansas residents in 2006..2006.What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?
2 February 2009
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xbusguy (Anonymous) says…
Waka- Why don't you go outside and look for the paper, or something.
2 February 2009
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SettingTheRecordStraight (Anonymous) says…
Gun control laws do not stop criminals from acquiring and using guns. They do, however, keep law abiding citizens from defending themselves.
2 February 2009
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jonmagic (Anonymous) says…
Anyone else getting an insane number of pop-up/pop-under ads all of the sudden on ljworld?
2 February 2009
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
There was a pilot program that was completed in Kansas City in the mid-1990's which helped reduce crime statistics in a particular neighborhood dramatically. The results of this study have been cited in other studies. I know that these programs may require extra funding, but I wonder if the cost wouldn't be offset by the savings in human suffering, law enforcement investigations of violent crimes and the cost of housing convicted violent offenders. Here's a link to an article about the study. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/kang.pdf
2 February 2009
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snap_pop_no_crackle (Anonymous) says…
Everything that happens or is reported is automatically the fault of the current President, isn't it? That's what we heard from 2000 through 2008.
2 February 2009
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
Here's a briefer description of the study I mentioned above. I don't know if the same laws apply in terms of concealed weapons now as in 1992-1993 when the study was done. Also don't know how a program like this was viewed by gun rights advocates. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/kang.pdf
2 February 2009
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barrypenders (Anonymous) says…
Why all the interest on blacks killing blacks? What are the stats of blacks killing latino's and whites? What is the stats on latino's killing latinos, blacks and whites? What is the stats on whites killing whites, blacks and latinos?What about asians? Who are they killing these days?
2 February 2009
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
barry,Almost half of all murder victims are black even though blacks only represent about 13% of the overall population. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/…
2 February 2009
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snap_pop_no_crackle (Anonymous) says…
The linkbot has woken.
2 February 2009
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Logan72 (Alia Ahmed) says…
invictus (Anonymous) says… what percent of murderers are balck? Despite being 13% of the pop.barrypenders (Anonymous) says… Why all the interest on blacks killing blacks? What are the stats of blacks killing latino's and whites? What is the stats on latino's killing latinos, blacks and whites? What is the stats on whites killing whites, blacks and latinos?What about asians? Who are they killing these daysAlia says……..According to statistics, most murder victims tend to know their murderers and as stated below most murders are intraracial (blacks killing blacks, hispanics killing hispanics, whites killing whites). Race and HomicideWhile African Americans constitute only about 12 percent of the U.S. population, they are overrepresented in the homicide category for both offenders and victims. Department of Justice statistics delineated that African Americans were seven times more likely than whites to commit homicides and six times more likely than whites to be murdered in 1999. Most homicides are intraracial. In a 2001 publication, James Alan Fox and Jack Levin stated that 86 percent of white homicide victims were killed by whites and 94 percent of African Americans were murdered by members of their own race.http://www.deathreference.com/Gi-Ho/Homicide-Epidemiology-of.html
2 February 2009
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edjayhawk (Anonymous) says…
Our state already sucks. This is just icing on the cake.
2 February 2009
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toe (Anonymous) says…
I think economic opportunity might be a bigger correlation than gun ownership.
2 February 2009
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jaywalker (Anonymous) says…
All KCK and Topeka stats I imagine.
2 February 2009
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barrypenders (Anonymous) says…
max1 needs to be removed for his racist “cracker” remark.max1 (Anonymous) says… “The linkbot has woken.” -snap_pop_cracker
2 February 2009
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
There may not be one long thread of hilarity on the LJW today, but the individual zingers have been outstanding.I love a day when snap's got his smarta$$ level set to 98% visibility.
2 February 2009
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beobachter (Anonymous) says…
xbusguy, “Figures lie, and liars figure.”. When did this turn into a Republican critique forum?
2 February 2009
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xbusguy (Anonymous) says…
beo- I didn't mean to offend you. My point is simply that we can massage the stats to show support for our argument. The exact same numbers could be used to show something very different. I had no political motives. I am not informed enough to even try. Sorry.
2 February 2009
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barrypenders (Anonymous) says…
12% and represented in 92% of all shows, commercials, etc. on the boob tube.I still would like to know why all the effort in studing black murder statistics.This stat and stats like them reek of white liberals attempting to bolster their social engineering agenda.
2 February 2009
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jonas_opines (Anonymous) says…
“Everything that happens or is reported is automatically the fault of the current President, isn't it? That's what we heard from 2000 through 2008.”Nope.
2 February 2009
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snap_pop_no_crackle (Anonymous) says…
I go to punish myself for the sins of the White Devils. (but not the Blue Devils, I dislike Duke as much as any thinking individual).What's the official fanbelt of California, maxy?
2 February 2009
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Guardian (Anonymous) says…
max1,And this is not the first time you have demonstrated your degree is in the “Liberal Arts”.
2 February 2009
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barrypenders (Anonymous) says…
My mother is black max1. I do not consider myself black nor do I consider Obama black.Go fishing somewhere else. Your Cracker remark is deplorable.
2 February 2009
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bndairdundat (Anonymous) says…
I'm just happy to not wake up dead every morning :-/
3 February 2009
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compmd (Anonymous) says…
So they say “homicides,” but did every single black person murdered get killed with a gun? Nobody was stabbed? Beaten? There are plenty of ways to kill a man that don't require a gun.
3 February 2009
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snap_pop_no_crackle (Anonymous) says…
Maxy, you're putting way too much thought into this. ODS is the new BDS. Relax and have a popsicle.
3 February 2009
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…
OK, here is what needs to be done:Someone needs to hit up Barack Hussein Obama on his Blackberry and get him to send this message to young blacks who are busily shooting each other:”Yo! Dawg!Put up the gage!Drop them 9-em-ems!The O'Dude be speakin'!”I mean, if the Chosen One speaks, surely his followers will obey!Right?right?right