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hack89

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9. It is amazing how such a tiny percentage of people are responsible for much of violent crime

Reply to HoneyBadger (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:08 PM

Jan 2017

which is why focusing on people instead of guns is so effective - it significantly reduces the size of the problem.

You are absolutely right - the vast percentage of Americans regardless of where they live will never resort to violent crime.

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Gunshot wounds are contagious; bullets spread like the flu, study finds [View all] NWCorona Jan 2017 OP

We always knew that gun violence is geographically concentrated hack89 Jan 2017 #1

The whole point is that it is not geographically concentrated, it is socially concentrated HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #3

Sort of a chicken and egg kind of thing hack89 Jan 2017 #4

In the same area, you have lots of people that are geographically linked but not HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #5

You can't deny the geographic component hack89 Jan 2017 #6

When 87% of those involved are pre identified based on arrest records HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #8

It is amazing how such a tiny percentage of people are responsible for much of violent crime hack89 Jan 2017 #9

Data science is amazing HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #2

The strings at our feet connect us in was we didn't think possible NWCorona Jan 2017 #7

I am surprised that the full article can be downloaded. ManiacJoe Jan 2017 #10