My point is, you see very few gunshot patients who were not shot in the execution of a crime, or in retribution for a crime. Even among patients who were shot in marginal or "ghetto" neighborhoods, very few were actually innocent people minding their own business. For the most part, they were gang-bangin, and they were shot in some kind gang related fracas. Even if they weren't actively in the commission of a crime when they were shot, they had been in the commission of a crime mere hours before it happened.ninemm wrote:I think maybe it's like real estate. Location, location, location.The Annoyed Man wrote:I can tell you from my experience working in the ER that this is largely true.... Or used to be, anyway.
Very very rarely was it someone who was either living in a better neighborhood, and very very rarely was it someone who was just a regular joe, holding down a job and taking care of his family.