New U.S. Gun Deaths Past Times Population
January 15, 2019
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Gun ownership is dorsum inwards the word i time 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 individual 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 at that spot are lots of people alongside guns so eventually a volume shooting volition occur.
The value of these maps is presumably inwards their stupor value. They call 'Wake-up America, await at all these mas shootings!" However people's views on gun ownership seem so entrenched that you lot convey to wonder how good they work. In fact I'm certain around wingnut political leader volition i 24-hour interval betoken at these maps together with claim that all these volume shootings inwards schools essay that nosotros should start arming first-grade schoolkids.
The well-nigh 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 hence does supply around 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 alone gun homicides. The map too shows deaths occurring from suicide attempts. The map does let on nonetheless that at that spot are around clear geographical differences inwards the number of gun deaths per population inwards dissimilar regions of the United States.