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by programmernews3 3396 days ago
www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/03/22/gun-deaths-shaped-by-race-in-america/

Non-Hispanic blacks (2.8 per 1,000) and Hispanics (2.2 per 1,000) had higher rates of nonfatal firearm violence than non-Hispanic whites (1.4 per 1,000) https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/fv9311pr.cfm

http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/firearms-death-rate-by-...

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The topic here is not overall gun violence, but specifically the percentage of shootings that result in death, and the fact that this percentage is extremely different in different cities.