The States with the Most Gun Laws See the Fewest Gun-Related Deaths

[fredjr82]

I found this graph interesting. I've always heard that those with the strictest gun laws were the places you were most likely to be killed by a gun.

As of the final days of August, the United States has seen more than 200 mass shootings in 2015. The murder of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward on Wednesday during an on-air broadcast brought the issue of guns back to the forefront of the political debate.

Hours after the incident, 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for the immediate tightening of gun laws. Across the aisle, Republican contenders also expressed sympathy and grief, but dismissed the call for stricter gun legislation, citing other factors—mental health, poor law enforcement—as the causes of America's gun-violence problem. One candidate asked, "What law in the world could have prevented him from killing them?"

While it's certainly true that a number of factors contribute to the high rates of gun violence in the U.S., a comparison of state laws versus rates of shooting deaths does show a correlation. The states that impose the most restrictions on gun users have the lowest rates of gun-related deaths, while states with fewer regulations typically have a much higher death rate from gun violence.

More graphs in the link

 

[NoleandDawg]

Chicago disagrees with your statistics chicanery. Baltimore does to.

 

[Titanhawk2]

Chicago and D.C.?

Does this distinguish between suicide and murder?

 

[CeMar_Clone]

Yes, I am sure that people in Alaska find it much scarier than New Jersey and New York.

 

[Vroom_C14]

Enforce the laws we have on weapons and that will result in a change. Creating new laws that don't get enforced will end with even more deaths of innocent citizens as the bad guys know it's harder for the law-abiding to protect themselves.

 

[Huey Grey]

Chicago disagrees with your statistics chicanery. Baltimore does to.

Not this shit again. How many times does it need to be said that Chicago isn't anywhere close to being the most violent city in America?

 

[Huey Grey]

And this is said a little tongue and cheek, but if guns were so great at reducing violence, then why don't we issue guns to prisoners?

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

And this is said a little tongue and cheek, but if guns were so great at reducing violence, then why don't we issue guns to prisoners?

I think the better question is why guns arn't allowed in Republican led state houses. It's like you can carry a gun into any building in Georgia except the place where the people who said you could carry guns everywhere work. That's a gun free zone.

Arn't gun free zones suppose to be dangerous because criminals don't obey the law anyways and will know where all the people who don't have guns are?? Shouldn't they want everyone in that building to be packing heat?

 

[Huey Grey]

I think the better question is why guns arn't allowed in Republican led state houses. It's like you can carry a gun into any building in Georgia except the place where the people who said you could carry guns everywhere work. That's a gun free zone.

Arn't gun free zones suppose to be dangerous because criminals don't obey the law anyways and will know where all the people who don't have guns are?? Shouldn't they want everyone in that building to be packing heat?

Good point. To be consistent, the next Republicans President better demand every person in the audience have guns during his speeches.

 

[22*43*51]

And this is said a little tongue and cheek, but if guns were so great at reducing violence, then why don't we issue guns to prisoners?

Let's do this!

 

[Vroom_C14]

Good point. To be consistent, the next Republicans President better demand every person in the audience have guns during his speeches.

Well they forced ACA down our throats I guess this would be the next logical step.

 

[Lone Clone]

Chicago disagrees with your statistics chicanery. Baltimore does to.

And New York.

 

[Gimmered]

That article kinda bounces around quite a bit trying to imply things that jut are quite facts. It is trying to blur the lines between accidents, suicide, and justifiable homicide with gun violence and mass shooting. Wyoming has a very low homicide rates and no mass shootings but has a high suicide rate and hunting accidents. Is it fair to lump a James Holmes with a guy who trips and shoots himself while hunting deer? Is this to be considered an act of violence? What does it add to the discussion on gun violence?

As Lone Clone pointed out in another thread, there are more skiing accidents in Colorado than Oklahoma. Of course there will be more gun deaths per capita in an area where there are more guns per capita. But it has nothing to do with violence.

 

[Vroom_C14]

Same with suicide rates, some of those states are the highest. If guns weren't there they would find another way.

 

[73chief]

Not this stupidity again.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/82-shot-15-dead-city-strictest-gun-laws-united-states/

 

[HawktimusPrime]

I think the better question is why guns arn't allowed in Republican led state houses. It's like you can carry a gun into any building in Georgia except the place where the people who said you could carry guns everywhere work. That's a gun free zone.

Arn't gun free zones suppose to be dangerous because criminals don't obey the law anyways and will know where all the people who don't have guns are?? Shouldn't they want everyone in that building to be packing heat?

Because liberal violence is stymied by gun free zones of course.

 

[Vroom_C14]

Not this stupidity again.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/82-shot-15-dead-city-strictest-gun-laws-united-states/

I particularly like this part:

Of course, there are two sides to this debacle. Gun rights advocates state the obvious when they say that restricting the possession of guns only keeps guns out of the hands of people who actually listen to the law.

“The gun laws in Chicago only restrict the law-abiding citizens and they’ve essentially made the citizens prey,” said Richard A. Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association.

But on the other side, the gun controllers would like to see even stricter laws across the nation to stop the flow of guns into Chicago.