On Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 9:03:18 AM UTC-4, John B. wrote:
On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 21:23:18 -0500, Ignoramus13886
wrote:

OK, let me ask you a question.

If the police feels too intimidated to get out of their cars and
confront criminals, in black neighborhoods, would that be good or bad
for the residents of those neighborhoods?

Would that save black lives?

The vast majority of victims of firearm related homicide are
criminals. In Boston between 1990 and 1994 some 75% of homicides were
individuals having a criminal record.

"Gun suicides have increased from 57 percent of all firearm-related deaths"
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The Washington Post says that: "There were 32,288 deaths from firearm violence in the United States in 2012, a rate that's remained relatively stable over the past few years. But since 2006, gun suicides have increased from 57 percent of all firearm-related deaths, according to research published this month in the Annual Review of Public Health."

-- http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w...han-homicides/