"Guns killed 1,315 Alabamians in 2021.

The state, with a population of 5 million, had 26.4 firearm deaths per 100,000 people that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That same year, New York State, with about 20 million people, reported 1,078 firearms deaths, a rate of 5.4 gun deaths per 100,000.

Alabama is not the most dangerous state in the nation when it comes to gun violence — that distinction belongs to Mississippi — but its death rate from firearms was the fourth-highest in the country in 2021, and its homicide rate (15.9 per 100,000)
was the third-highest in the nation."

Other states larger than Alabama, including Washington state (7.8 million), Virginia (8.8 million people)and New Jersey (9.4 million people) had fewer gun deaths and lower firearm death rates than Alabama.

And by some measures, the violence is getting worse. According to Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun safety advocacy group, the rate of gun deaths in Alabama increased 47% from 2011 to 2020, going from about 16 deaths per 100,000 people to almost 25 deaths
per 100,000. The rest of the country saw gun death rates go up 33%.

The death rate for gun homicides in Alabama overtook the death rate for gun suicides for the first time ever in 2020 at about 11 deaths per 100,000 people. In other states, gun suicide death rates remain higher than homicide rates.

“That makes Alabama a little bit different,” said Kerri Raissian, an associate professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut, who studies gun violence.

How does a small state rank so high for gun violence?

Experts said Alabama’s permissive gun laws are a big factor. States such as New York and Massachusetts tend to have age limits on firearm purchases and stronger background check and gun permitting laws, particularly compared to southern states like
Mississippi and Alabama. Poverty and a lack of social programs compared to other states also contribute.

“Guns are just really good at killing people,” Raissian said. “That is why people choose them, because they are good at killing people. When we reduce violence, we tend to reduce gun violence. It is very costly, in terms of trauma, in terms of
taking lives, in terms of injury.”"
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TB

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Technobarbarian <technobarbarian@gmail.com> wrote:

"Guns killed 1,315 Alabamians in 2021.

The state, with a population of 5 million, had 26.4 firearm deaths per 100,000 people that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

That same year, New York State, with about 20 million people, reported
1,078 firearms deaths, a rate of 5.4 gun deaths per 100,000.

Alabama is not the most dangerous state in the nation when it comes to
gun violence — that distinction belongs to Mississippi — but its death rate from firearms was the fourth-highest in the country in 2021, and its homicide rate (15.9 per 100,000) was the third-highest in the nation."

Other states larger than Alabama, including Washington state (7.8
million), Virginia (8.8 million people)and New Jersey (9.4 million
people) had fewer gun deaths and lower firearm death rates than Alabama.

And by some measures, the violence is getting worse. According to
Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun safety advocacy group, the rate of gun
deaths in Alabama increased 47% from 2011 to 2020, going from about 16
deaths per 100,000 people to almost 25 deaths per 100,000. The rest of
the country saw gun death rates go up 33%.

The death rate for gun homicides in Alabama overtook the death rate for
gun suicides for the first time ever in 2020 at about 11 deaths per
100,000 people. In other states, gun suicide death rates remain higher than homicide rates.

“That makes Alabama a little bit different,” said Kerri Raissian, an associate professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut,
who studies gun violence.

How does a small state rank so high for gun violence?

Experts said Alabama’s permissive gun laws are a big factor. States such as New York and Massachusetts tend to have age limits on firearm
purchases and stronger background check and gun permitting laws,
particularly compared to southern states like Mississippi and Alabama. Poverty and a lack of social programs compared to other states also contribute.

“Guns are just really good at killing people,” Raissian said. “That is why people choose them, because they are good at killing people. When we reduce violence, we tend to reduce gun violence. It is very costly, in
terms of trauma, in terms of taking lives, in terms of injury.”"
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-does-alabama-more-gun-090848469.html

TB

Ho hum.

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Liberals suffer from cognitive dissonance. They know their political views
are wrong but they stick with them anyway.

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