Abstract Guns are central to the comprehension of the racial inequalities in neighborhood violence. This may sound simple when presented so plainly. However, its significance derives from the limited consideration that the neighborhood research paradigm has given guns: they are typically conceived of as a background condition of disadvantaged neighborhoods where violence is concentrated. Instead, I argue that guns belong at the forefront of neighborhood analyses of violence. Employing the logic and language of the ecological approach, I maintain that guns must be considered as mechanisms of neighborhood violence, with the unequal distribution of guns serving as a critical link between neighborhood structural conditions and rates of violence. Furthermore, I make the case that American gun policy should be understood as a set of macrostructural forces that represent a historic and persistent source of disadvantage in poor Black neighborhoods.

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看枪看城市暴力：种族不平等和邻里环境

摘要 枪支是理解邻里暴力中种族不平等的核心。当如此简单地呈现时，这听起来很简单。然而，它的意义源于社区研究范式赋予枪支的有限考虑：它们通常被视为暴力集中的弱势社区的背景条件。相反，我认为枪支属于邻里暴力分析的最前沿。运用生态学方法的逻辑和语言，我认为枪支必须被视为邻里暴力的机制，枪支的不平等分配是邻里结构条件和暴力发生率之间的关键环节。此外，