At first, a choropleth map was created to visualize the distribution of US gun death violations accross all states. This visulization resembles black hat vis as the distribution is not correctly represented by choosing only three classes for it (0-10, 10-50, More than 50). The title above the map also enforces this falsified information. Also, there should have been a legend title.

To visualize distribution of city scale, a bubble chart was overlayed on the map based on the lat-lng of each city. The reason this visulization resembles black hat is because the circle sizes are misrepresentative of the death counts. There should have been appropriate normalization for it.

To further see the distribution of death counts at city/state scale, a pie chart and a horizontal bar chart is generated when the user hovers over the map. Problem with the pie chart is that, there is no legend describing which part resembles what gender (male/female). Also, the exact number should also be embedded with the chart. The same problem lies with the bar chart for age distribution.

White Hat Vis