It’s no surprise that Wyoming has a high gun death rate. The actual comparisons with numbers are surprising. For example, the U.S. percentiles are
- 93rd percentile for overall firearm mortality
- 92nd percentile for firearm mortality among children and teenagers
- 96th percentile for firearm mortality among women
The Mississippi rate is twice Haiti—a county under mob rule since 2021. Montana’s rate is the same as Columbia’s, and Wyoming’s rate is higher than Brazil’s. Read more>>
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