GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[Jimbone]

However, I posted numbers not far upthread about the areas with the highest per-capita gun deaths, and many of the big metropolitan areas are not at the top of the list. That is interesting, to me.

Yes, it's pretty much a list of socioeconomically depressed towns/cities. That shouldn't be a surprise at all. Larger metropolitan areas have population balance that smooths their per capita number out. That list is basically all blight with no variety in population to help out statistically.

For example in Chicago you'll find no gun homicide in the Hyde Park. But in the Englewood neighborhood nearby? Much different story.

Also, take a look at the victims of gun homicide in that list, and the demographics will be very similar to the larger metro areas nearby. Overwhelmingly black and hispanic males in poor communities killing each other with handguns.

The per capita number may be higher in those places, but the causes and the demographic of the people dying from the violence are the same.