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On the whole, US violence is comparable to that in 16th and 17th century Europe. What parts of the US are most violent? From 1998 through 2010, the South, by a longshot ...
http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/assault-deaths-oecd-vs-us-regions.png
How about the "race" of the victim?
http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/assault-deaths-us-ts-race.png
Do states that control gun ownership have less gun violence? On the whole yes ...
What are the biggest positive correlates of high gun death rates in US states? McCain's vote share in 2008, high poverty rates, a big working class, guns allowed in high schools ...
http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/richard_florida/Gun%20ViolenceEDIT.jpg
What are the biggest negative correlates? The proportion of college graduates, Obama's vote share in 2008, and gun control legislation.
There are an estimated 300 million guns in the USA, in a population of 330 million. Granted, some of these are owned by collectors, who might have a dozen or more, so it would be unfair to conclude that almost every man, woman and child owns a gun. Some children, I would guess, do not. I searched for but was unable to come up with an answer regarding the youngest person in the USA to legally own a gun.
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