re: #238 Backwoods_Sleuth

Shootings are up. Deaths are up too. Why is a good question. There’s some evidence that domestic violence has accelerated, but NYC saw a spate of drive-by shootings.

I’m still curious where all the guns are coming from in NY. Out of state guns have been part of gun violence in NY for decades - so it’d be curious to see where the guns are coming from - someone’s profiting from them.

NYC disbanded an anti-crime unit, because it disproportionately arrested and went after persons of color and used abusive tactics. But that doesn’t stop the crimes from occurring in the first place.

There’s no department of pre-crime, so something else is going on here. We’re also seeing a lot warmer weather. People are staying home for longer stretches of time.

I’d suggest looking at the water quality in the homes where these people are living. Prolonged exposure to water with high lead levels could lead to violence but not sure how quickly lead exposure could cause people to act violently.