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Our good friends at the Center for American Progress (CAP) have published a new study on the link between gun laws and gun violence which is a ‘must-read’ for everyone who is concerned about reducing gun violence. Which means that nobody in Gun-nut Nation needs to read this report because Gun-nut Nation doesn’t believe that we need to regulate guns at all. But notwithstanding the dwindling Trump supporters, for those who support the concept of reasonable discourse …

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A new study published in PLoS One finds an interesting link between two always controversial topics: racism and gun ownership. Anthony explains what the researchers found.

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Racism linked with gun ownership and opposition to gun control in white Americans

http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2013-10/uom-rlw103013.php

“A new study has found that higher levels of racism in white Americans is associated with having a gun in the home and greater opposition to gun control policies.”

Racism, Gun Ownership and Gun Control: Biased Attitudes in US Whites May Influence Policy Decisions

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0077552

“Racism is related to policies preferences and behaviors that adversely affect blacks and appear related to a fear of blacks (e.g., increased policing, death penalty). This study examined whether racism is also related to gun ownership and opposition to gun controls in US whites.”

Black Victims of Violent Crime

http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/bvvc.pdf

“Blacks were victims of an estimated 805,000 nonfatal violent crimes and of about 8,000 homicides in 2005. While blacks accounted for 13% of the U.S. population in 2005, they were victims in 15% of all nonfatal violent crimes and nearly half of all homicides.”

The Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/0162-895X.00281/abstract

“The concept of symbolic racism was originally proposed 30 years ago. Much research has been done and the society itself has changed, yet many of the original items measuring symbolic racism remain in use.”

Broad Support for Renewed Background Checks Bill, Skepticism about Its Chances

Broad Support for Renewed Background Checks Bill, Skepticism about Its Chances

http://www.people-press.org/2013/05/23/broad-support-for-renewed-background-checks-bill-skepticism-about-its-chances/embed/#?secret=KUxHa0Mb9i

“Following the Senate’s rejection of gun legislation last month, the public continues to overwhelmingly favor making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%) say that if the Senate bill is reintroduced, Congress should pass it.”

Gun deaths shaped by race in America

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/03/22/gun-deaths-shaped-by-race-in-america/

“Gun deaths are shaped by race in America. Whites are far more likely to shoot themselves, and African Americans are far more likely to be shot by someone else.”

CDC: Gun homicide victims 10 times more likely to be shot by a black person than a white person

http://www.naturalnews.com/039650_cdc_gun_deaths_race.html

“A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has broken down by race the number of gun deaths in America, and – according to this government agency’s own figures – the divide is especially pronounced between whites and blacks.”

The Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale

http://condor.depaul.edu/phenry1/SR2Kinstructions.htm

“”We deliberately created the scale to have scaling properties to help prevent response biases and general mindless response patterns, and to allow for some flexibility for the scientist who may wish to use variations of this scale.”

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