"The Geography of U.S. Gun Violence"

[SDGuy]

pdq wrote:
[quote=SDGuy]
...not those places with the lowest levels of gun violence, since their laws are nearly the same as the places with the highest levels of gun violence, and we can't have that".

Where did you get the idea that New Hampshire and Maine have the lowest levels of gun violence, anyway? Wikipedia puts New Hampshire at 14th and Maine at 17th (lowest). Those two states (easily!) have the highest level of gun violence in New England.

Big bad New York puts them both to shame. Of course, it must be the lax gun laws there.

:RollingEyesSmiley5:
Sorry - I meant lowest level of violence (specifically homicides)...see - I fell into the same trap as yourself - only mentioning gun violence vice a more holistic view. Looking at the overall homicide rate should be what to be concerned with.