Littleton

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Jordan Hayes wrote:
> 
>         From catherine.driscoll at adelaide.edu.au Wed Apr 28 21:15:14 1999
> 
>         I am happy to stand by the position that guns are a crucial
>         factor in this problem *as it is*, not as it might be in
>         another context.
> 
> I don't see how they could be crucial.
> 
> I came across a great series of graphs last night while surfing around
> that calls this into question.
> 
> http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/teens.htm
> 
> It looks to me like in the early 90's there was a dramatic surge in
> homicide {victims,offenders} among young adults (but no one else);
> similarly, since then, there has been a dramatic decrease in that same
> group.  Everyone else sorta stayed the same or even went down
> slightly.  There was a similar bulge around 1980.

Mike Males and others have written that the increase was originally
correlated to the crack epidemic. 


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