[the_Watchman]

Let's try a bigger sample. It is well established that people in New York, who have no access to guns, are much more likely to be victims of homicides committed with guns than say, people in Texas.

On the other hand, people in New York who have thwarted the law and have acquired access to guns probably are more likely to both perpetrate crime as well as be a victim.

[Sherman Logan]

TX 2012 murder rate 4.4/100k.

NY 2012 rate 3.5/100k.

I don’t have numbers for gun murders in these states as compared to total murders. But it seems likely that TX, with many more guns, has at least as many gun murders as NY.

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murder-rates-nationally-and-state