In fact, the six states with the highest rates of gun ownership--Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Wyoming, West Virginia and Arkansas--had more than 21,000 homicides, nearly three times as many as the four states with the lowest rates of gun ownership--Hawaii, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey.


Actually I was wrong, more states, though an equal amount of people. They should also consider poverty levels in each states. Poverty has been known to cause violence, not just guns