White, Middle Class Teenage Male Problem

 

Teen shooter kills 3 children, teacher in Oregon elementary school before being shot by bystander

Updated 4:07 AM EDT, Fri October 16, 2026  (CNN)

According to data from the Census Reporter and U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the racial and ethnic composition of Bend is approximately:

  • White (non-Hispanic): ~81% to 82.6%

White, non-Hispanic students make up 44 percent of U.S. public school students. [1]

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We have a white, middle class, teenage male problem in the United States!   Though, the facts in Bend, Oregon are not known to the public, it likely that the deceased 16 year old alleged killer fits this profile.   A significant percentage of the killers have faced rejection from female peers, and disproportionately have killed females, including teachers, and fellow students (when those killed were peers, rather than being younger children.

George Marx, October 16, 2026

Watching MS NOW currently, I am hearing talk about the need for gun violence being confronted so that future killings are prevented.   None of the conversations focus upon this racial, gender and class issue.

I can not imagine a headline or reality stating, “Loretta Smith, the 16 year old killer in the latest mass school killing was revealed to be a Black, poor, young woman”, because this simply does NOT happen.

At the same time, one-on one killings by working class Black teenage boys of individual peer Black teenage boys, when discussed in the major media, rarely focus upon the “why” of such killings.  

  • Annual Mortality: Research compiled by the Everytown Support Fund indicates that more than 2,000 Black children and teens (ages 0–19) are killed with guns each year. [1]
  • Homicide Breakdown: Of that total, nearly 1,800 die specifically by gun homicide, making firearms the leading cause of death for Black youth in the United States. [1, 2]
  • Gender Disparity: According to a KFF analysis, teenage boys and young males are disproportionately affected, being over four times more likely to die by a firearm than young females. [1]

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  • Gender Disparity: Males overwhelmingly commit firearm homicides in the United States. Across all age brackets, males account for approximately 90% to 95% of all homicide perpetrators. [1, 2, 3]
  • Youth Homicides: Specifically looking at adolescent and pediatric gun homicides, studies published by the University of Iowa tracking decades of data show that more than 90% of adolescent homicides are committed by males. [1]
  • Weapon Selection: When women or teenage girls do commit homicides, they are statistically far less likely to use firearms than male offenders, more frequently using closer-contact weapons or other means. [1, 2]

2. General Trends in Pediatric Gun Deaths

  • Overall Numbers: Roughly 2,500 to 4,300 children and teens die from gun violence annually in the U.S.. [1, 2]
  • Suicide vs. Homicide by Race: According to data compiled by the Pew Research Center, the vast majority (66%) of gun deaths among white children are ruled suicides (self-inflicted), meaning they do not involve an external killer. Conversely, the majority of youth gun homicides disproportionately affect Black and Hispanic children. [1, 2, 3]

It bothers me that MS NOW and fellow media rarely, if ever, focus more than tokenly on the issues I have noted above, getting simple, basic A1 generated Google search results.

I do not expect a lot of depth in the major media coverage in general.

I would note that this issue is not a core partisan issue in one important sense!   While it is true that Republican party politicians do not support “gun control issues”, and a majority of Democratic party politicians do, those Dems aren’t focusing upon the gender, racial, class issues I’ve noted here.

 

 

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