Title: Gun violence in the US kills more black people and urban dwellers
Headings: Gun violence in the US kills more black people and urban dwellers
Gun violence in the US kills more black people and urban dwellers
Urban and racial disparities

Content: Gun violence in the US kills more black people and urban dwellers
Gun violence in the US kills more black people and urban dwellers
November 8, 2017 6.18am EST
A man changes a flag to half-staff near the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs. AP Photo/Eric Gay
On Nov. 5, just 35 days after the deadly Las Vegas shooting, a man walked into a church in a small Texas town and murdered 26 people with an assault rifle. The coverage dominated the news. But the day before, even more people – 43 – were shot to death in cities and towns around the country. And nobody really seemed to notice. Shootings kill more than 36,000 Americans each year. Every day, 90 deaths and 200 injuries are caused by gun violence. Unlike terrorist acts, the everyday gun violence that impacts our communities is accepted as a way of life. Of all firearm homicides in the world, 82 percent occurs in the United States. An American is 25 times more likely to be fatally shot than a resident of other high-income nations.