Politico: Gun Violence “Much Worse” In Red States

Politico Magazine reports:

Listen to the southern right talk about violence in America and you’d think New York City was as dangerous as Bakhmut on Ukraine’s eastern front. In October, Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis proclaimed crime in New York City was “out of control” and blamed it on George Soros. Another Sunshine State politico, former president Donald Trump, offered his native city up as a Democrat-run dystopia, one of those places “where the middle class used to flock to live the American dream are now war zones, literal war zones.”

In reality, the region the Big Apple comprises most of is far and away the safest part of the U.S. mainland when it comes to gun violence, while the regions Florida and Texas belong to have per capita firearm death rates (homicides and suicides) three to four times higher than New York’s. On a regional basis it’s the southern swath of the country — in cities and rural areas alike — where the rate of deadly gun violence is most acute, regions where Republicans have dominated state governments for decades.

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Gun Violence Is Actually Worse in Red States. It’s Not Even Close. – POLITICO
“when it comes to gun violence, the regions Florida and Texas belong to have per capita firearm death rates (homicides and suicides) three to four times higher than New York’s.” https://t.co/d5NWpfX7K9

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