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user-inactivated  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Interactive Map: How Many People Have Been Shot Near You This Year?

I wish you could filter out drug related shootings to see what the effect of legalizing, even just marijuana, would be on gun violence. The single event within 2 miles of me (63126) is a single drug related homicide.





_refugee_  ·  3274 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wilmington has high crime in part due to high drug use but unfortunately, we're talking stuff like heroin and meth, not weed. We are 'lucky' enough to be a stopping point for drug routes going between the other big East Coast cities - DC, Philly, etc - so apparently heroin is very readily available, and god knows what else with that.

mk  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That would be interesting.

Presenting data like this is a very powerful way to better align conceptions with reality.

This happened near my work:

    Notes

    Shooter had a mix-up and shot wrong person

:(

user-inactivated  ·  3275 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Shitheels gonna shitheel.