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Even within the states, there is no link. It is not possible to find any connection between gun ownership and gun violence on a county level either.

The urban/rural divide is a good starting point. If you look at the stats, an even clearer pattern emerges:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_Sta...

What sets Washington D.C., Louisiana, Mississippi, and Maryland apart from Maine, Vermont, Hawaii, and New Hampshire?

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Well all of the first group (except DC) are in the South while all of the second group (except Hawaii) are in the North.

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And what do the South and DC have in common, that the North and Hawaii do not?

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Existence beneath the Mason-Dixon line?