Guns Blamed for Youth Violence

[Dale00]

I'd blame poor parenting, but that doesn't fit the politically correct narrative. Instead we will penalize legal gun owners, take away civil rights and try to implement more doomed-from-the-start programs aimed at changing the behaviors of young adults who missed the crucial influence of good parenting.

Nearly one-quarter of 14 to 24-year-olds who visit urban emergency departments with assault-related injuries possess a gun, Medpage Today reported. Many also exhibit other risks for violence in the future.

In a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, possessing a firearm was strongly associated with risky behavior – such as having recently been in a serious fight, using drugs and having an aggressive attitude.

"Future prevention efforts should focus on minimizing illegal firearm access among high-risk youth, nonviolent alternatives to retaliatory violence, and substance use prevention," the researchers said in the study, which was published in the journal Pediatrics.

The researchers, led by Dr. Patrick Carter, analyzed 689 at-risk youths between the ages of 14 and 24 who were being treated for assault-related injuries at a Level 1 trauma center in Flint, Mich. Twenty-three percent of those studied reported possessing a firearm within the past six months, and 83 percent of these individuals had obtained the gun illegally.

Of the group that owned guns, 42 percent reported carrying it outside the house, while 22 percent said that they owned an automatic or semiautomatic weapon. The most common reason the participants gave for owning the gun was protection. Around 67 percent of those in the hospital had sustained injuries from their peers, while 15 percent had injuries related to partner-related abuse.

According to Medpage Today, Factors associated with gun possession included being male, having a higher socioeconomic status, engaging in illicit drug use and exhibiting a retaliatory attitude. Race was not found to be a significant factor. Carter and his colleagues noted that some of those interviewed belonged to a gang.

In an editorial accompanying the study, Dr. Robert Sege of Boston Medical Center said much more research and federal action is needed to prevent firearm deaths among at-risk youths.

"The continued high incidence of firearms deaths in the U.S. is a national disgrace," he wrote. "Despite declining rates over the past decade, firearm injuries remain the second leading cause of death for young Americans, trailing only motor vehicle crashes."

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[Sanford]

Nearly one-quarter of 14 to 24-year-olds who visit urban emergency departments with assault-related injuries possess a gun, Medpage Today reported. Many also exhibit other risks for violence in the future.

In a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, possessing a firearm was strongly associated with risky behavior – such as having recently been in a serious fight, using drugs and having an aggressive attitude.

Looks to me like urban emergency departments are strongly associated with risky behavior. Or perhaps it's really just "urban" (as in inner city) society and mores, since it's sorta doubtful the kids from the suburbs would be driving in to the urban emergency departments.

 

[lilboots]

83 percent obtained illegally. Because more laws will stop them from doing something that is already illegal. And using firearms as the second leading cause of death without taking into account suicides. Again, more half truths to push an agenda.

 

[Commander Keen]

Correlation and causation. How do they work?

 

[Glock]

+1 for poor parenting.

 

[TerryMiller]

Meh...two things...

...Michigan and "journal Pediatrics."

That should just about guarantee "liberal mentality" with composing the "study."

 

[rawhide]

The most common reason the participants gave for owning the gun was protection. Around 67 percent of those in the hospital had sustained injuries from their peers, while 15 percent had injuries related to partner-related abuse.

I teach a high school course that covers a variety of law related topics. About a decade ago a student moved from inner city LA to live with grand parents. While studying gang violence I asked him if he knew fellow students that carried a gun. He said he knew many. I then asked about the gun carrying students. He indicated that most of them were noncriminal types that carried a gun out of fear for their own safety.

 

[WessonOil]

I'm not a particularly religious person, but I bet if you took 100 kids who attended functions put on by people who offered positive activities to the youth, and took 100 kids and placed them in gangs, the ones in the gangs are more prone to using a gun.

 

[reddog1]

Racist!!!!!

 

[Defnestor]

So one hundred percent of youths who live through an assault wind up in a medical center, but only twenty _three percent have a gun. Sounds like the Med centers are the real problem.
23% have a gun, 83% got it unlawfully, and of that 19.1% of the assaulted, 58% are too stupid to carry it. And they wonder why other punks assaulted them.