Yes, if you look only at cities, that's quite true - but why is it, then, that when the numbers from the entire state are included, all of a sudden it's the gun-loving RED states that have the highest murder rates? Hm?
Like I say, that sorta puts the lie to the old saw that "an armed society is a polite society". Would that we would follow the gun laws of either Switzerland or Israel - where EVERY gun must be registered! But no, our conservatives think we should have gun laws closer to those of the Sudan.
I doubt anyone wishes to emulate the Sudan on anything particularly.
However, an analysis of the homicide rates of various nations, along with the rates of private gun ownership, reveal that there is no clear causal link.
I will list the top nations in order of rates of intentional homicide, also showing their rates of private gun ownership, then show the USA by contrast.
Name.... homicide rate per 100,000.... gun ownership rate per 100.
Honduras... 91.6... 6.2
El Salvador... 69.2 ... 5.8
Cote d'Ivoire... 56.9 ... not listed
Jamaica... 52.2 ... 8.1
Venezuela ... 45.1 ... 10.7
Belize ... 41.1 ... 10
Virgin Islands ... 39.2 ... not listed
Guatemala ... 38.5 ... 13.1
skipping down a bit...
Columbia ... 33.4 ... 5.9
South Africa... 31.8 ... 12.7
skipping down some more...
Greenland ... 19.2 ... not listed
Russia ... 10.2 ... 8.9
skipping down some more...
Ukraine.... 5.2 ... 6.6
Cuba... 5.0 ... 4.8
And finally, well over halfway down the list...
USA... 4.2 ... 88.8
Number of guns per capita by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As it turns out, the United States does not have that high of a homicide rate compared to most other countries, and given the amount of privately owned arms we are FAR more peaceable than most on a per-gun-owned basis.
OBVIOUSLY, gun ownership is NOT directly linked to murder rates.
As I've said, from my studies it appears that all nations and/or localities with a high murder rate have some or all of the following:
Bad government
Poverty
Drug trade
Gangs or other violent factions
Excessive population density