Newsweek: Gun Violence Faced by a 'Striking' 60% of Black Americans

Nearly 60 percent of Black Americans have been exposed to some degree of gun violence, new research has found.

In a survey of 3,015 Black Americans by Rutgers Health, 40 percent of participants said that they knew someone who had been shot, and 12 percent had been exposed to gun violence in three separate ways.

This exposure to gun violence may also predict increased rates of disabilities, according to a new paper in the Journal of Urban Health.

"Traditionally, the majority of efforts related to gun violence have focused on reducing homicides, but this study indicates that we need to provide more support to those who face such exposures to violence beyond homicide," Daniel Semenza, an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health's Gun Violence Research Center and lead author of the study, said in a statement.