One Hundred Years of

The Trigger

Firearm homicide rate by state. The geography of gun death is not random.
Report   05 / 10
Year   2024
Source   CDC WISQARS
Fig. 03 · The geography
Firearm homicide rate per 100,000 · 2024

Where the bullets land is not where the laws are.

The South and parts of the Midwest carry the highest firearm homicide rates. The Northeast and West Coast are lower. This is not a coincidence — but it is not a simple causal story either.

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