“RESULTS We reviewed 1,996 nonduplicate news reports for 501 shooting events, of which 284 (56.7%) met our case criteria. There were 317 persons injured by stray bullets, of whom 65 (20.5%) died. Most cases (59.2%) involved interpersonal violence. When compared with persons killed or injured in firearm-related assaults or unintentional shootings generally in the United States in 2007, those killed or injured by stray bullets were more likely to be female (44.8% and 10.7%, respectively; odds ratio, 7.4; 95% confidence interval, 5.9–9.3) and outside the age range 15 years to 34 years (55.5% and 27.0%, respectively; odds ratio, 5.6; 95% confidence interval, 4.3–7.3). Most stray bullet victims (81.4%) were apparently unaware of the events leading to the gunfire that caused their injuries. Shooters were predominantly male (95.9%); 62.0% were aged 15 years to 34 years. Eighteen deaths (27.7%) occurred at the scene of the shooting and 55 (84.6%) on the day of the shooting. The case-fatality ratio for stray bullet shootings was somewhat higher than that for firearm-related assaults or unintentional shootings in the United States in 2007.”
And who gives half a shit what the article says? If any news organization references a study you should always check out the study itself, news orgs are notoriously bad at reading and writing about primary material.
The reason the proportion of women hit by stray bullets is this high is because the men are the ones getting shot at. A bullet that hits them isn't a stray bullet.
Agreed, it seems like there are a lot of guys here getting offended over nothing. Statistically men are more likely to be the intended target, therefore statistically a woman being a victim of a stray bullet is an unintended consequence. It's a null story
Yes, because MEN are more likely to be members of aforementioned gangs, MEN are more likely to carry a gun, get in a firefight, therefore MEN and their MALE friends are also more likely to be struck by stray bullets.
Wow, way to go and completely miss the point. I'm not making anyone at fault, I'm talking about PROBABILITIES.
Men are far more likely to be involved in gang violence, far more likely to be involved in gun violence. That makes them victims as well as perpetrators.
Women are far less likely to be perpetrators, but only marginally less likely to be victims, as suggested in the article.
I never said the majority of male victims of stray bullets were gang members, I merely suggested that could be a causal factor.
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It wasn't 50/50. They split children out into their own group, so women do still die significantly more often in these situations.
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Funny you should use that example. Men are 5 times as likely to be struck by lightning as women.
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Straight from the actual study:
“RESULTS We reviewed 1,996 nonduplicate news reports for 501 shooting events, of which 284 (56.7%) met our case criteria. There were 317 persons injured by stray bullets, of whom 65 (20.5%) died. Most cases (59.2%) involved interpersonal violence. When compared with persons killed or injured in firearm-related assaults or unintentional shootings generally in the United States in 2007, those killed or injured by stray bullets were more likely to be female (44.8% and 10.7%, respectively; odds ratio, 7.4; 95% confidence interval, 5.9–9.3) and outside the age range 15 years to 34 years (55.5% and 27.0%, respectively; odds ratio, 5.6; 95% confidence interval, 4.3–7.3). Most stray bullet victims (81.4%) were apparently unaware of the events leading to the gunfire that caused their injuries. Shooters were predominantly male (95.9%); 62.0% were aged 15 years to 34 years. Eighteen deaths (27.7%) occurred at the scene of the shooting and 55 (84.6%) on the day of the shooting. The case-fatality ratio for stray bullet shootings was somewhat higher than that for firearm-related assaults or unintentional shootings in the United States in 2007.”
And who gives half a shit what the article says? If any news organization references a study you should always check out the study itself, news orgs are notoriously bad at reading and writing about primary material.
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The reason the proportion of women hit by stray bullets is this high is because the men are the ones getting shot at. A bullet that hits them isn't a stray bullet.
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Agreed, it seems like there are a lot of guys here getting offended over nothing. Statistically men are more likely to be the intended target, therefore statistically a woman being a victim of a stray bullet is an unintended consequence. It's a null story
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Yes but think about context. Who is more likely to be part of a gang in a shooting and who is more likely to be a passer by/dragged into a situation.
We can debate the minutiae of it endlessly, but this is generally just a ridiculous headline to be offended by.
Nothing like the '1 in 4 suicide victims are women', that one is fucking stupid, this is not.
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Yes, because MEN are more likely to be members of aforementioned gangs, MEN are more likely to carry a gun, get in a firefight, therefore MEN and their MALE friends are also more likely to be struck by stray bullets.
Stop being such a fucking victim.
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Wow, way to go and completely miss the point. I'm not making anyone at fault, I'm talking about PROBABILITIES.
Men are far more likely to be involved in gang violence, far more likely to be involved in gun violence. That makes them victims as well as perpetrators.
Women are far less likely to be perpetrators, but only marginally less likely to be victims, as suggested in the article.
I never said the majority of male victims of stray bullets were gang members, I merely suggested that could be a causal factor.
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If a man's getting shot at, his girlfriend could be an unintended victim, for example
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Because men, on average, are more likely to be involved in a shooting situation.
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Are feminists demanding "equal opportunity" bullets? /s
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What percentage of the shooters of stray bullets are women? 50%?
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