Reply To: THE PUZZLE OF MURDER-BY-GUN STATISTICS
Even aside from the ownership rates (which can be difficult to pin down, as I mentioned quite some time ago) this chart shows the level of gun restrictions doesn’t have much to do with homicide rates either.
In Brazil, it’s generally illegal to carry a gun outside the home (if Wikipedia is to be believed)–so if there’s any correlation Brazil should be safe. In the US it’s at least technically legal in all fifty states plus the District of Columbia, though some are far more restrictive than others. (It’s virtually impossible to get a permit in New Jersey. At the other end of the scale, it’s impossible to get one in Vermont too, but none is required, so no such thing ever existed.)
I just showed this chart to GM which compares rates of gun ownership with rates of gun homicide. I don’t see any kind of correlation in it.
