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4. Around 80% of gun homicides are gang or drug related

Tue Jun 21, 2016, 11:59 AM

Jun 2016

It's a symptom of poverty and a failed drug policy.

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"America's gun problem is so much bigger than mass shootings" [View all] TeddyR Jun 2016 OP

Around 80% of gun homicides are gang or drug related Lee-Lee Jun 2016 #4

It's certainly pretty highly correlated to both. HereSince1628 Jun 2016 #7

guns make the powerless feel powerful maxsolomon Jun 2016 #5