Commentary: US has far more gun crime than countries with similar gun ownership rates

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The immediate reaction to the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has tended to focus narrowly on school security and police intervention, rather than the underlying factors which make the United States such a dangerous place for children, says this criminology professor.

armed with an assault rifle, a comparison considering how the US compares with other countries on children’s deaths caused by guns is compelling.

A minority of these killings involve school or mass shootings, the majority are killings of individual children and link to routine crime and gang violence, and overwhelmingly result in the deaths of African-American and minority children. In recent years international research has also proven conclusively that greater levels of gun ownership are closely associated with higher rates of gun violence. An audit by the Democrat-leaning policy and research organisation the Center for American Progress of all 50 US states found a close correlation between the states with the toughest gun laws and states with the lowest gun crime rates.

FILE - Flowers and candles are placed around crosses at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022.

 

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