Black Americans have been the most affected by gun violence in the US. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll results highlighted the stark racial differences of those impacted by gun control. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
00:00Black Americans have been the most affected by gun violence in the U.S.
00:04A Kaiser Family Foundation poll results highlighted the stark racial differences of those impacted by gun control.
00:11The Hill reports black adults were roughly twice as likely as white or Hispanic adults to report they've had a family member killed by a gun, including by suicide, at 34 percent, compared to 17 percent and 18 percent of white and Hispanic adults.
00:27Both black and Hispanic adults say they worry daily or almost daily that a family member could be a victim of gun violence.
00:35Only 10 percent of white adults report the same level of worry.
00:3917 percent of blacks don't feel at all safe in their neighborhoods, compared to 9 percent of Hispanics and 2 percent of white adults.
00:48In the grand scheme of things, 54 percent of Americans overall say they have or a family member has experienced a gun-related incident.
00:57One in five have been threatened by guns, while roughly the same amount said a family member has been killed by a gun, including by suicide.
01:05Meanwhile, 40 percent of Americans reported having guns at home, yet 75 percent say the guns are stored in ways that don't reflect some common ways gun safety practices, like keeping the weapon loaded or in an unlocked location.
