fuji said:
I think the gun control + socioeconomic factors explain why the murder rate is so high in poor areas.
Then there remains the question of why it is so high in affluent areas. While it is substantially lower than in poor areas, it is still a lot higher than the Canadian rate.
I suspect that in affluent areas it is simply the lack of gun control that leads to the violence.
However maybe somebody has a different explanation.
Which "affluent" areas, which aren't also ironically "poor" areas, are you speaking of?
Big cities like New York, Miami, and L.A. have high crime, but are obviously a mix of rich and poor. Is there rampant gun violence in Palm Springs, Scottsdale, and Aspen that we should know about?
People don't commit crimes simply because they have guns.
The most common motives are love/sex, drugs, and money. Those are the things that lead to the violence. The access to guns just enables it.