Firearms in the USA: The Rural and Urban Divide

Alex Ashton
7 min readJan 9

The data behind the American divide on firearm ownership and gun control.

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There’s no secret that the United States has a divide on firearm ownership

This includes Americans’ feelings on the Second Amendment and gun control laws and policy. The divide is often framed as a left vs. right political issue…

Alex Ashton

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