What rural areas have heinous gun control laws?
Cities and the urban metro areas are easy to pick with lousy environments for gunowners. Noo Yawk, San Francisco, L.A., Chicago, Washington D.C., etc., etc., etc., all have laws which make handgun ownership difficult, if not impossible (legally) for the rank and file.
Note the blue areas on the map of the last election. Think this is a coincidence?
If you can outnumber the populations of cities with gun control laws which are not conducive to individual handgun ownership with those which are, or if with rural areas, if you can prove to me that more rural folks live in areas hostile to individual gun ownership than areas which are gun owner 'friendly', go for it. Prove me wrong. Otherwise, my statement stands.
Now for a Windows lesson. Right click on the link I gave you. Select "properties", the number at the end of the link is the post number.
The link is to your post, not mine. You are the one who brought up the number of self defense actions, not me. I was talking about laws.
Keep sourcelessly begging that question.