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
00:16to report they've had a family member killed by a gun, including by suicide,
00:21at 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
00:34of 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,
00:43compared 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
00:55a gun-related incident.
00:57One in five have been threatened by guns, while roughly the same amount said a family member has been killed
01:02by a gun, including by suicide.
01:05Meanwhile, 40 percent of Americans reported having guns at home,
01:08yet 75 percent say the guns are stored in ways that don't reflect some common ways gun safety practices,
01:16like keeping the weapon loaded or in an unlocked location.
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