U.S. Gun Deaths Yesteryear Population

Gun ownership is dorsum inwards the intelligence in i lawsuit to a greater extent than this week. In reply to yet to a greater extent than volume shootings inwards the U.S. I've seen a number of maps showing the locations of these horrendous crimes.

As soul remarked on my Twitter feed these maps increasingly resemble population density maps. The U.S.'s crazy gun laws hateful that lots of people convey guns together with it appears that where in that place are lots of people amongst guns so eventually a volume shooting volition occur.

The value of these maps is presumably inwards their stupor value. They cry 'Wake-up America, hold off at all these mas shootings!" However people's views on gun ownership seem so entrenched that yous convey to wonder how good they work. In fact I'm certain to a greater extent than or less wingnut pol volition i twenty-four hr menstruum signal at these maps together with claim that all these volume shootings inwards schools attempt that nosotros should start arming first-grade schoolkids.

The virtually illuminating map on the number of gun ownership that I've seen this calendar week was from Oregon Live. The US Gun Deaths Map 2004-2010 shows the average number of gun deaths per 100,000 county residents. The map so does render to a greater extent than or less insight into where gun deaths are occurring to a greater extent than inwards proportion to population.

It is of import when viewing this map to sympathize that this is non a map of solely gun homicides. The map likewise shows deaths occurring from suicide attempts. The map does break nevertheless that in that place are to a greater extent than or less clear geographical differences inwards the number of gun deaths per population inwards dissimilar regions of the United States.