The secret to not being shot in the United States is:
* Be white
* Be in a big blue city

I think it's hilarious how white folk from small towns think of New York as a dangerous place.

If you visit NYC from rural America, your chances of being shot just went *down* significantly.

If you look at victim stats, in general you see that:

* Black people shoot Black people.

* White people shoot white people.

* White people in blue counties don't point guns at each other very often.

* White people in red counties point guns at each other way too often.

@mekkaokereke A few years back a white guy from a nearby small town was talking about how they wouldn't come to my (mid-sized, diverse) city because "white people get shot just walking around there".

I looked at 5 years of data...not only could I not find a single incidence of that happening in a couple hundred homicides here, I only found a tiny handful of any white guys getting shot for any reason at all, by anyone.

@bullcitybrian @mekkaokereke

And most white guys are shot by white guys. The whole criminalization of non-whites depends on that kind of preposterous fear however....

@DeborahForPlus @bullcitybrian

It even extends to the police. By far the most dangerous person for a police officer, is:
* White male
* With a long rifle (AR-15 or equivalent)
* During a traffic stop

As much as cops are overly cautious and jumpy around unarmed, innocent, Black drivers, they are under cautious of heavily armed, right wing, violent drivers with strong anti-government views.

And white men are most likely to be armed.😢

https://www.newsweek.com/violence-toward-cops-skyrocketed-2016-60-percent-more-officers-killed-686102