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Lcokheed_Martini t1_jefxslv wrote

Reply to comment by okRacoon in Gun injuries in US surged during pandemic, CDC study shows by Picture-unrelated

It’s a logical and reasonable inference to suggest that this shift relates to people being home so the opportunities for non-violent property crimes were reduced.

And while people were at home they had more time to implode into self harm or explode into harming others. This occurred more often with those that were already marginalized before Covid hit because they had fewer resources to start and got more marginalized and felts the impacts more acutely.

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okRacoon t1_jefz4j5 wrote

According to the CDC, from 2019 to 2020, the suicide rate declined overall by 3%.

Why do you think suicides went down while homicides went up so drastically?

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Lcokheed_Martini t1_jefztsf wrote

> According to the CDC, from 2019 to 2020, the suicide rate declined overall by 3%.

> Why do you think suicides went down while homicides went up so drastically?

To quote myself:

> This occurred more often with those that were already marginalized before Covid hit because they had fewer resources to start and got more marginalized and felts the impacts more acutely.

Though i would double check that suicide stat. There might be an asterisk in the stat for “ruled a suicide” vice just calling something a accident and moving on.

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