...and Pakistan has lower rate if gun crime than does the US.
Hence proved..
Yes, proved:
State Total murders Total firearms murders, 2010 Total firearms murders, 2009 % change, 2009-10 Handguns murders Firearms murders as % of all murders Firearms murders per 100,000 population Firearms robberies per 100,000 pop) Firearms assaults per 100,000 population
UNITED STATES 12,996 8,775 9,146 -4 6,009 68 284 42 45
Alabama AL 199 135 229 -41 112 68 285 17 32
Alaska AK 31 19 13 46 3 61 268 22 77
Arizona AZ 352 232 197 18 152 66 347 45 54
Arkansas AR 130 93 107 -13 49 72 320 37 88
California CA 1,811 1,257 1,360 -8 953 69 337 48 45
Colorado CO 117 65 94 -31 34 56 128 22 38
Connecticut CT 131 97 70 39 72 74 275 33 22
Delaware DE 48 38 31 23 25 79 426 94 92
District of Columbia DC 131 99 113 -12 32 76 1,621 256 99
Florida FL 59 71
Georgia GA 527 376 378 -1 315 71 379 62 52
Hawaii HI 24 7 8 -13 6 29 54 7 13
Idaho ID 21 12 5 140 12 57 77 4 23
Illinois3 IL 453 364 386 -6 355 80 281 2 6
Indiana IN 198 142 209 -32 83 72 220 17 8
Iowa IA 38 21 11 91 9 55 69 9 19
Kansas KS 100 63 85 -26 30 63 222 24 71
Kentucky KY 180 116 112 4 76 64 267 40 24
Louisiana LA 437 351 402 -13 263 80 775 47 77
Maine ME 24 11 11 0 4 46 84 6 4
Maryland MD 424 293 305 -4 272 69 511 57 31
Massachusetts MA 209 118 93 27 52 56 178 25 31
Michigan MI 558 413 437 -5 239 74 416 56 83
Minnesota MN 91 53 38 39 43 58 100 19 20
Mississippi MS 165 120 105 14 98 73 405 48 30
Missouri MO 419 321 276 16 189 77 534 53 89
Montana MT 21 12 19 -37 6 57 122 2 28
Nebraska NE 51 32 23 39 29 63 177 24 29
Nevada NV 158 84 91 -8 57 53 316 65 59
New Hampshire NH 13 5 4 25 2 38 38 7 15
New Jersey NJ 363 246 220 12 216 68 282 45 24
New Mexico NM 118 67 78 -14 36 57 329 31 82
New York NY 860 517 481 7 135 60 264 13 12
North Carolina NC 445 286 335 -15 188 64 302 47 60
North Dakota ND 9 4 3 33 3 44 61 2 3
Ohio OH 460 310 311 0 176 67 269 56 30
Oklahoma OK 188 111 125 -11 86 59 298 40 63
Oregon OR 78 36 41 -12 20 46 93 15 16
Pennsylvania PA 646 457 468 -2 367 71 362 52 39
Rhode Island RI 29 16 18 -11 2 55 151 19 29
South Carolina SC 280 207 197 5 136 74 450 58 115
South Dakota SD 14 8 4 100 3 57 98 2 18
Tennessee TN 356 219 295 -26 146 62 346 74 130
Texas TX 1,246 805 862 -7 581 65 319 65 62
Utah UT 52 22 25 -12 16 42 78 12 21
Vermont VT 7 2 0 1 29 32 2 8
Virginia VA 369 250 229 9 137 68 314 37 24
Washington WA 151 93 101 -8 73 62 138 21 25
West Virginia WV 55 27 38 -29 16 49 148 4 19
Wisconsin WI 151 97 95 2 63 64 171 41 31
Wyoming WY 8 5 8 -38 0 63 91 5 14