2025-02-04
57 分钟In 2022, Louisiana had the second highest rate of gun deaths in the country.
I'm just back from a reporting trip to the Lake Charles area
and I had a few people remark rather pointedly to me
that my home of Washington D.C.
is a violent place, seemingly unaware that D.C.
has had a significantly lower rate of gun deaths in Louisiana for many years now.
Why do some places see higher rates of gun violence than others?
It's an incredibly important question to answer rigorously.
Homicide is a leading cause of death for young adults,
and the vast majority of those homicides happen with guns.
But this is a topic where the politics rarely line up with actionable solutions.
After the COVID 19 crime wave,
politicians have scrambled
as they place crime at the top of the agenda again
and are searching for public policy tools to address violence in their communities.
My name is.
My name is Jerusalem Demsis.
I'm a staff writer at the Atlantic and this is good on paper.
A policy show that questions what we really know about popular narratives.
My guest today is economist Jens Ludwig