Firearm homicide rate vs state giffords rank
2nd Amendment, Firearms

Causes of variation in firearm homicide and suicide rates across states.

tl;dr: Treating firearm deaths as a whole obscures fundamental differences in the way homicides and suicides vary across states. Variation in the firearm homicide rate is best explained by racial differences between the states, with gun laws having no explanatory power. The variation in the firearm suicide rate is best explained by a combination of differences in gun laws, gun…

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