In a recent speech, President Obama remarked that we don't see the same level of violence in other developed countries as we do in the United States. Is such a statement accurate? In part, yes. America has the fourth highest rate of homicides among OECD countries, certainly not a good standing. However, Mexico is the most dangerous of the developed nations by far. Our neighbors to the south have a homicide rate more than four times that of any other country.

This does not refer to homicide by guns - 3.2 per 100,000 US dramatically outpaces all developed countries. Check out graphic here: www.bbc.com/news/world-us-can…

What's interesting is that, for the most part, the rates of death by firearms are highest in the southern red states. However, Washington DC, the most liberal "state" in American according to a 2014 Gallup poll, has the highest rate of gun violence by far. That is certainly a strange result.

Here is a link to that Gallup poll if you want to check it out for yourself:

www.gallup.com/poll/167144/wy…

The DC result isn't actually that strange. You are comparing a dense urban city with 50 states that all have a combination of urban and rural. My bet is every single state's gun violence rate is way higher in its largest city than it is in the state as a whole.