DC is a good example, because it highlights that the problem is not the number of guns but the propensity to use them. Ther e are many states with very high gun

DC is a good example, because it highlights that the problem is not the number of guns but the propensity to use them. Ther e are many states with very high gun ownership rates but relatively lower gun death rates; for example TX has twice the ownership of CA but half the gun homicides. The distribution of gun deaths is very uneven, for your 'average' American the risk of death by gun is only marginally higher than in Europe.