New Mexico is the seventh state with the most gun deaths per capita with 22.7 deaths per 100,000 people, while Arkansas, South Carolina, and Tennessee have rates of 22.6, 22, and 21.3 deaths per 100,000 people, respectively. The ten states with the most gun deaths per capita are:...
At least ten mass shootings claimed 50 victims during the February 17-19 weekend – America's deadliest thus far in 2023. These incidents all come in the wake of several high-profile mass shootings in California last month and an attack at Michigan State University last week...
Some final bits of context. I wrote aboutviolent deaths as a percentage of populationin an earlier post. The USA has more homicides per capita than other rich countries, although less than the front runners Colombia, Brazil and Russia. Here’s a key graphic from that post: On the particular...