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[rivcuban]

At least eight people were shot, two fatally, Wednesday night at a Mormon Latter-day Saints church in Salt Lake City, Utah, police said.

https://abc7.com/post/salt-lake-city-mass-shooting-least-8-people-shot-2-fatally-lds-mormon-church-utah-police-say/18370381/
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[PirateLT]

Fucking Blue states.............

[Irie]

Where homicide rates are highest: Blue cities in red states

https://www.axios.com/2025/08/15/homicide-rates-highest-blue-cities-red-states

[PirateLT]

Gun deaths by states per 100K

Red states dominate.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/gun-deaths-by-state

[Irie]

Blue cities dominate...you must have missed that nugget.

[PirateLT]

States with the least amount of gun laws are the top states (hence guns bleeding into states)  you must have missed that nugget as well.

In addition you cannot take the number of homicides, vs per capita.  That is stupid given the population.

In fact rural areas are more dangerous for gun deaths based off population.

Map of gun deaths across the U.S. shows cities have lower rates than rural counties

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/map-gun-death-rates-lower-cities-than-rural-counties-rcna81462

[Irie]

Short answer: Generally no — urban areas tend to have higher overall homicide rates per capita than rural areas, but some rural counties can have surprisingly high homicide rates, especially for specific types of homicide (like gun homicides), and homicide patterns vary a lot by region and how “rural” and “urban” are defined. �

Center for American Progress 

Here’s how the evidence breaks down:

Overall homicide rates

Urban areas (cities and large metros) typically show higher overall homicide rates per capita than rural areas across many studied countries, including the United States and other developed nations. This is what classic crime data often find when comparing large cities vs. rural counties. �

JRank Law

For example, older US data have shown metropolitan homicide rates significantly above rural ones when averaged across all cities and rural areas.