But, I though it might provide another chance to make my point. The following are the top 15 states for murder followed by the bottom fifteen. If my contention that gun availability has something to do with it is correct, you'd expect to have more gun friendly states in the first list than the second. The fact that the bottom fifteen is not comprised only of states which are not gun friendly should come as no surprise since, as Greg pointed out, most states are in fact gun friendly. And, needless to say this certainly does not disprove my claim.
In the top fifteen most murderous states, all but one of them are gun friendly. In the fifteen least murderous states there are five states that are not gun friendly.
Conclusion: obviously, where there are more guns there are more murders per capita, of course.
1. District of Columbia 30.8 doesn't count . it's a city
2. Louisiana 14.2 friendly3. Maryland 9.8 not
4. Alabama 8.9 friendly
5. New Mexico 8.2 friendly
6. South Carolina 8.0 friendly
7. Georgia 7.5 friendly
7. Nevada 7.5 friendly
9. Arizona 7.4 friendly
10. Mississippi 7.1 friendly
11. Michigan 6.7 friendly
11. Arkansas 6.7 friendly
13. Florida 6.6 friendly14. North Carolina 6.5 friendly
14. Missouri 6.5 friendly
16. Tennessee 6.4 friendly
Out of fifteen, all friendly but one.
38. Massachusetts 2.9 not
39. Washington 2.7 friendly
40. Minnesota 2.2 friendly
40. Utah 2.2 friendly
42. South Dakota 2.1 friendly
43. North Dakota 1.9 friendly
44. Vermont 1.9 friendly44. Oregon 1.9 friendly46. Rhode Island 1.8 not47. Hawaii 1.7 not
48. Maine 1.6 friendly
49. Montana 1.5 friendly
50. Iowa 1.2 friendly
51. New Hampshire 1.1 not Out of fifteen, five not friendly states
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