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Well, access to guns is a pretty big factor as well. Sub-Saharan Africa is just as poor or poorer than inner city US yet has way lower homicide rates

Here in Israel, tons of gun access for young men and there is very little domestic gun violence.

I was proposing another factor to add to his thesis. Israel is a pretty rich country.

I guess poverty relative to cost of living and median wage may also be relevant