Are gangs in the U.S mostly a thing in states with stricter gun laws?

[Formerly Black Trash]

Looking at Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles

I remember all the civilian and gangster talk
And just how crazy Wack be talking to people...im like that's a nikka who's feels protected

In states where everyone had guns a lot of that rare shir goes out the window

I know Detroit had gangs back in the 60s and 70s, not so much now

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

What about little rock Arkansas and Kansas City? They're banging in those square states too.

 

[Oatmeal]

There's gangs everywhere, any time you got people that are easily influenced and without guidance you get gangs.

 

[Alvin]

There's gangs everywhere, any time you got people that are easily influenced and without guidance you get gangs.

yup, you also had more gangs back in the day of varying ethnic backgrounds who weren't about trigger play but fighting other gangs/ethnic groups

 

[Freedman]

I think those places just have history with gangs going back to like the 70s and shyt crips, bloods, GDs, BDs, and other places have cliques or like neighborhood gangs which are equally destructive

 

[Thurgood Thurston III]

No, it's because those areas had other non-black groups who black people had to fight against which forced them to create gangs. It especially happens in urban environments where you're likely to run into those groups frequently.