Lol uses aljazeera as source and claims that suicides are gun violence. Why dont you look at actual numbers of gun crime/homicides from our very own FBI. https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-20 Looks like california is way higher than Alaska but you just believe what you want. Other tables on the site go up to 2014 and they are all basically the same trend. Look them up if you wish to educate yourself.