As the data reveal, in the United States, fewer guns or more gun control laws do not equal less murder.
Of the ten worst counties for the number of murders, five of them are also among the worst when it comes to murder rate.
Of the 30 counties with the highest murder rate, 19 of them are in the worst three percent for total number of murders.
Whether one considers the sheer number of murders or the murder rate, the other telling and significant piece of data in our debate is the presence of guns in these areas.
At the state level - where data is more readily available - the numbers reveal the same: there's no correlation between the presence of guns and the rate of murder.
Inversely, fewer guns does not mean fewer murders.
Put another way, more laws against gun ownership has done almost nothing to reduce the rate of murder in America.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/03/guns_men_and_murder_the_data.html
Of the ten worst counties for the number of murders, five of them are also among the worst when it comes to murder rate.
Of the 30 counties with the highest murder rate, 19 of them are in the worst three percent for total number of murders.
Whether one considers the sheer number of murders or the murder rate, the other telling and significant piece of data in our debate is the presence of guns in these areas.
At the state level - where data is more readily available - the numbers reveal the same: there's no correlation between the presence of guns and the rate of murder.
Inversely, fewer guns does not mean fewer murders.
Put another way, more laws against gun ownership has done almost nothing to reduce the rate of murder in America.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/03/guns_men_and_murder_the_data.html
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