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Originally Posted by rubecube
I know it's kind of a ###### move to quote yourself, but I was just thinking of something else in relation to this chart. We constantly here from the anti-gun control crowd that places like Chicago have high amounts of gun violence, despite having gun-control measures because blah blah blah. Yet even with Chicago's gang problems and associated gun violence, the state of Illinois still has far fewer gun deaths per capita than the Southern States with no gun control. Now, I know the response to that is probably along the lines that the rest of Illinois brings down the average, so I'll point to another example, the District of Columbia. D.C. is basically a city, that has been notorious for violence over the years, so if this argument held then their numbers should be higher than the Southern States, but yet again we see that they're not.
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South Chicago down to Gary Indiana has most likely the worst gang/crime area in the history of the USA. The city of Chicago banning guns will do little unless the state of Indiana follows suit.
NY state and California stands out for me, 3rd and 8th best despite being 3rd and 1st in population respectively. It truly shows making it difficult to own a handgun saves lives.