Why is it that right wingers have such a difficult time with facts?
The REALITY is that the states with the most lax gun control laws have the HIGHEST per capita gun deaths. 9 of the top 10 states with the highest gun deaths per capita are bright red states.
And, of course, the states with the lowest number of gun deaths per capita have the strictest gun laws. That includes Illinois vs. Indiana.
Gun Deaths per Capita by State
The following ten states have the highest gun deaths per capita (per 100,000): Alaska (24.4), Mississippi (24.2), Wyoming (22.3),
New Mexico (22.3),
Alabama (22.2), Louisiana (22.1),
Missouri (20.6),
South Carolina (19.9),
Arkansas (19.3), and Montana (19.3). The states with the highest gun deaths per capita have some of the country's highest gun ownership rates. Montana has the highest with 66.3%, followed by Wyoming with 66.2%, and Alaska with 64.5%.
Missouri comes in at #6. Lol
Conversely, the states with the lowest gun deaths per capita are
Massachusetts,
New York,
New Jersey,
Hawaii, and
Rhode Island, all of which have fewer than five gun deaths per 100,000 people. These states also have the
lowest gun ownership in the United States. Massachusetts and New Jersey have the lowest gun ownership rate of 14.7%, followed by Rhode Island with 14.8%, Hawaii with 14.9%, and New
York with 19.9%. These five states are the only state to have gun ownership rates below 20%.
Here are the 10 states with the highest gun deaths per capita:
- Alaska - 24.5 per 100k people
- Alabama - 22.9 per 100k people
- Montana - 22.5 per 100k people
- Louisiana - 21.7 per 100k people
- Mississippi - 21.5 per 100k people
- Missouri - 21.5 per 100k people
- Arkansas - 20.3 per 100k people
- Wyoming - 18.8 per 100k people
- West Virginia - 18.6 per 100k people
- New Mexico - 18.5 per 100k people
Could it be anymore obvious? Illinois is 9 places less dangerous than Indiana.
worldpopulationreview.com
This reminds me of a t-shirt that one of my fraternity buddies had from SMU. It said, “We’re not stuck up, we’re just better than you.”
Case closed.