Seven times this year, a gunman has opened fire in a U.S. public place, killing at least three people. One shooter is suspected of being a white supremacist. One was an Elizabeth Warren supporter. And two were black.
Yet fears over rising white nationalist attacks after the El Paso massacre threaten to obscure what studies describe as the big picture about mass killings: that they represent a small fraction of annual gun deaths, that they are not surging, and that about half are committed by whites, not a share out of line with the general U.S. populace.
A May 2018 policy brief by the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York, which looked at any incident that resulted in deaths or injuries and excluded gang violence or terrorist activity, found that the perception that whites are responsible for nearly all mass shootings is a myth.
More here
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
I would like to say that I'm getting very tired of being referred to as a white supremacist or a racist. It is not true and it seems all white people now have that label thanks to the media and left leaning politicians. It is not true. I am a hard working person who pays his bills, takes care of his family, and has never received government assistance. I care about my community and try to be nice to people. I an not filled with hate toward anyone. The media is stoking the hatred in this country, not me. The white people I know are the strength of this country not the enemy.
ReplyDeleteSo, let me get this straight. If all white people are White Supremacist's, does that include ALL of the white news journalists and TV News Anchors that are calling us this? Why are none of THEM upset about it?
ReplyDeleteThey had to start calling all whites "white supremacists " because the sting of and fear of being called a racist, is no longer effective.
ReplyDeleteDid not read the entire article,could not get past the math in the beginning. 2 black and 2 white equals 7 mass shooters?
ReplyDeleteThere is only one race who has for centuries declared their race to be superior to all others and it is not white.
ReplyDelete