The region where New York City is located is far and away the safest part of the U.S. mainland when it comes to gun violence, while the regions Florida and Texas belong to have per capita firearm death rates (homicides and suicides) three to four times higher than New York’s. On a regional basis it’s the southern swath of the country — in cities and rural areas alike — where the rate of deadly gun violence is most acute, regions where Republicans have dominated state governments for decades.
Violence and the threat of violence has always been control tactics of hierarchies. In the United States, it appears from this article that states dominated by Republicans, who are mostly hierarchy-builders, have a higher level of gun violence than blue states. No surprise at all.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/23/surprising-geography-of-gun-violence-00092413
