Just for the record, gang violence is not the main cause of gun homicide.

[billh58]

3. But gang gun violence

is a time-honored NRA/ALEC talking point (i.e., dog whistle for black, hoodie-wearing, loud music playing, thugs). If we could only eliminate the root causes of gang violence and improve mental health care, we wouldn't have a "gun violence" problem, they say. Easy access to guns is the cure, they say, and not the problem. An armed society is a polite society, they say. Widespread concealed carry of handguns is a proven deterrent to crime, they say.

"They" = right-wing, NRA, ALEC, Fox News, Koch Brothers, Rand Paul, Second Amendment absolutists, etc.