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It seems like New York goes in the right direction then, nice to see! I bet one sees the difference in the statistics for gun violence compared to other states of America. Umm, is NY a state or a city or both? 😂 not so sure right now
Both.
New York state's murder rate and firearm murder rate both rank in the second quartile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state#2019_data
If you order by "Murder Rate (per 100,000) (2019)"
Do the states with less murders per 100,000 than New York have more strict gun rules? (In case you happen to know that)
Everytown only ranks California higher than New York.
https://everytownresearch.org/rankings/
This is an overview of gun laws in different states:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_by_state
Everytownresearch.org looks like a really great resource! 😃thank you very much for that. So as it looks like, gun laws aren’t the only thing that influence gun violence. But if you ignore the statistical outliers then you see the correlation.
Everytown is a gun control advocacy group. The purpose of the website is to persuade people that 1) gun control works, and 2) there is a need for more gun control. Keep that bias in mind, because their analysis of gun violence is one dimensional. That occasionally results in some conjectures about gun violence that don't make sense.
In the first scenario, strong gun laws don't result in lower levels of gun violence because people can buy a gun in a neighboring state with weaker gun control laws. That explanation is plausible.
In the second scenario, strong gun laws in neighboring states result in lower levels of gun violence in the given states with weak gun laws because...?
Oh dear 😅 you got me here
I agree, having strong gun law in states around leading to weaker gun violence makes not so much sense. I would guess those states have ether a less dense population or have a historical culture (like an unwritten law in some sort) which prevents gun violence for some extent.
They happen to have very low poverty rates.
I see 😄 I guess that explains a lot
So the plan should be to make the Poverty gap smaller as well as having some good gun laws.
Hope they’ll do it 🤞🏻