You would predict that American states with higher gun ownership see _____ gun homicides, per capita
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The answer appears to be.... the same amount!
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note that stuff like 'gun suicides' or 'gun accidents,' on the other hand, *does* seem to be pretty correlated with the amount of guns.
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Also a higher gun suicide rate. Gun suicides are roughly 2x the homicides. Also,there is a big rural/urban difference, with more homicides in cities and more suicides outside cities
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I would say the same amount, if you can easily buy a gun, those who would kill someone would have one I guess. But there is accidents... I think the main issue is the culture and the fact you can have one if you want.
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Higher gun ownership correlates with higher gun violence rate, though population concentration creates violence as well, which makes the "Chicago" argument muddy and perhaps entirely nullified.
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Without looking it up, fewer, because they're mostly sparsely populated Western states with rural, guns-as-tools sorts of cultures. Bet the gun suicide rates are higher in those states tho.
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Important to more clearly define 'gun ownership'. On a per capita basis, I would think more rural states would rank higher, meaning fewer homicides, but on a total number of guns basis, larger population states might lead in both guns and homicides. Accurate statistics are tricky