Drink Much? Beware of Gunmen

Posted on March 24, 2009
Filed Under News, The Daily Prereq | By Jessica Gross

We all know alcohol puts you at increased risk of dancing on tables and getting bruises that surprise you the next morning. But according to a UPenn study, the more you drink, the more likely you are to be a victim of gun violence. If you’re drunk and in “proximity to places that sell alcohol-to-go,” the risk is even higher.

The study, of 677 Philadelphia shootings between 2003 and 2006, found that people who drank heavily near an off-premise alcohol store were 9.34 times likely to get shot than people who didn’t meet those criteria. So if you’re drinking, choose places where you can drink on-site, like bars — they’re much more closely monitored than places where you buy alcohol to go.

(Source: The Daily Pennsylvanian)

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