That “3rd out of 193” figure is about total firearm deaths, which by itself doesn’t mean much since it’s not a per capita number.

Per capita is the real deal:

With those cities included (full U.S. data, 2022), the firearm homicide rate is ≈ 5.0 per 100,000 people.

Without Detroit, LA, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Chicago, it drops just a bit to ≈ 4.5 per 100,000.

Still nothing to write home about when you know that in Singapore it’s approximately 0.01 per 100,000, 0.02 in South Korea, 0.04 in the UK, or 0.1 in Switzerland — which has a TON of firearms! That’s 4.5 vs 0.1.

And just to be clear: guns themselves aren’t the problem. I’m not a gun enthusiast, nor am I strongly against them. I’m happy I live in a country where you can’t just walk around buying and carrying one (you can buy and carry, but you have to pass a lot of exams and tests). The fact is, there are countries with a shitload of guns that don’t even come close to the death rate the U.S. has — so it’s more than clear that guns themselves are not the problem.