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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1216876" data-attributes="member: 40736">Here&#039;s a shocker:<a href="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/uom-rlw103013.php" target="_blank">Racism linked with gun ownership and opposition to gun control in white Americans</a>There are approximately 38,000 gun-related deaths in the U.S. each&nbsp; year, the majority of which are African-American. However, having a gun&nbsp; in the home increases the likelihood that a household member will die of&nbsp; a homicide- or suicide-related gunshot wound by 2.4 to 4.8 fold.&nbsp; Symbolic racism is a measure of modern racism. Whereas old, open&nbsp; racism manifested itself in Jim Crow laws and segregated restrooms,&nbsp; symbolic racism consists of the same traditional values and sentiment&nbsp; that underpinned blatant racism, but its expression is less open.&nbsp; Symbolic racism most often manifests itself in opposition to policies&nbsp; and programs that are perceived as being beneficial to African-Americans&nbsp; such as welfare and food stamps.People who score high in symbolic racism also typically favor&nbsp; policies that they perceive as punitive to blacks, such as longer prison&nbsp; sentences and “stop and frisk.”“According to a Pew Research Center report the majority of white&nbsp; Americans support stricter gun control,” said O’Brien, “but the results&nbsp; of our study suggest that those who oppose gun reform tend to have a&nbsp; stronger racial bias, tend to be politically and ideologically&nbsp; conservative and from southern states, and have higher anti-government&nbsp; sentiment.”Study co-author Dr. Dermot Lynott of Lancaster University&nbsp; said, “We were initially surprised that no one had studied this issue&nbsp; before; however, the US government cut research funding for gun-related&nbsp; research over decade and a half ago, so research in this area has been&nbsp; somewhat suppressed.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1216876, member: 40736"] Here's a shocker: [url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/uom-rlw103013.php]Racism linked with gun ownership and opposition to gun control in white Americans[/url] [I]There are approximately 38,000 gun-related deaths in the U.S. each year, the majority of which are African-American. However, [B]having a gun in the home increases the likelihood that a household member will die of a homicide- or suicide-related gunshot wound by 2.4 to 4.8 fold. [/B] [/I] [I]Symbolic racism is a measure of modern racism. Whereas old, open racism manifested itself in Jim Crow laws and segregated restrooms, symbolic racism consists of the same traditional values and sentiment that underpinned blatant racism, but its expression is less open. Symbolic racism most often manifests itself in opposition to policies and programs that are perceived as being beneficial to African-Americans such as welfare and food stamps.[/I] [I]People who score high in symbolic racism also typically favor policies that they perceive as punitive to blacks, such as longer prison sentences and “stop and frisk.”[/I] [I]“According to a Pew Research Center report the majority of white Americans support stricter gun control,” said O’Brien, “[B]but the results of our study suggest that those who oppose gun reform tend to have a stronger racial bias, tend to be politically and ideologically conservative and from southern states, and have higher anti-government sentimen[/B]t.”[/I] [I]Study co-author Dr. Dermot Lynott of Lancaster University said, “We were initially surprised that no one had studied this issue before; however, the US government cut research funding for gun-related research over decade and a half ago, so research in this area has been somewhat suppressed.”[/I] [/QUOTE]

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