Some Numbers to Understand How Guns and Racism Go Hand in Hand
Percentage of American gunowners who were Black in 2013:
12%
Percentage of American gunowners who were Latinx in 2013:
14%
Percentage of American gunowners who were White in 2013:
65%
Number of U.S. gun deaths among 20- to 29-year-old Black men between 2011 and 2013:
90 per 100,000
Number of U.S. gun deaths among 20- to 29-year-old White men between 2011 and 2013:
17 per 100,000
For every point someone scores as "racist," according to this study, that person's odds of having a gun at home increase by:
50%
Number of states with open carry laws of varying restrictions:
45
Number of years since California passed the Mulford Act, which repealed public carrying of loaded firearms, partially in fear of the Black Panthers:
49