The Surprising Geography of Gun Violence

[onthedarkside]

 

America’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them.

 

In reality, the region the Big Apple comprises most of is far and away the safest part of the U.S. mainland when it comes to gun violence, while the regions Florida and Texas belong to have per capita firearm death rates (homicides and suicides) three to four times higher than New York’s.

 

On a regional basis it’s the southern swath of the country — in cities and rural areas alike — where the rate of deadly gun violence is most acute, regions where Republicans have dominated state governments for decades.

 

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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/23/surprising-geography-of-gun-violence-00092413

 

[candide]

So GOP politicians such as DeSantis, Abott or Jordan were lying? Incredible! ????

[Credo]

Not only the fact that there are so many guns in these areas, but the fact that people feel emboldened to use them.

 

[tgw]

the only surprise is that gun violence stops at county borders

[Chomper Higgot]

Pump people full of fear and tell the they need a gun to protect themselves.

 

I foresee the end of ‘Trick or Treat’.

 

And it won’t be a ‘woke enforced’ ending.