Thread: Supreme Court finds individual right to own guns

Originally Posted by Nord Jim

It is absolutely true that our country has a higher rate of gun violence than any other developed nation. It is also true that most areas with gun control -- New York City is a prime example -- have lower rates of violence than areas with less control, like Texas and Florida. Contrary to a previous post, New York is a far less violent place than any other city even remotely its size in this country.
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I would very much like to see some statistics backing this up.

these statistics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_vio...tates_by_state
seem to not show that link. (california has a higher rate of gun violence than texas, new york has a higher rate of gun violence than wyoming, etc, etc)