Neighborhood Effect: Gun violence & segregation in Charlottesville

Yes, our gun violence problem is complicated, but it’s odd leaving one of the key complexities - segregation - out of the discussion.

Weldon Cooper Center’s Racial Dot Map of Charlottesville. White (blue), Black (green), Asian (red), Hispanic (orange), Other (brown)

This Daily Progress article [“Resolving Charlottesville's violence problem is a complex matter”] provides one of the most detailed reports we’ve seen on our gun violence problem. And that’s a good thing. However, it comes d…