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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
If statistics for gun violence in the USA exclude African American perpetrators what do the numbers become?

I ask this because I heard a gentleman I work with stated, "that unless you are black, poor or an urban dweller that your risk of being a gun violence victim is close to nil". If this is true it raised several questions in my mind about how we approach gun control in the USA.
gpt
His argument is even more valid if you replace the 'or' with an 'and'.

The victims and perpetrators of gun violence are, overwhelmingly, young black males ages 18-35. 

Source: MA in criminology, 2/3 PhD in criminology. 

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