Brady Rankings: More Gun Laws, More Violent Crime

Brady Rankings: More Gun Laws, More Violent Crime
Freedom; Posted on: 2008-02-02 18:15:51

Victory for Second Amendment

>>"Once again, the Brady rankings clearly demonstrate that states that
have the most gun control tend to have the most violent crime.

Brady says that a state could get a perfect "100" if it would: limit
the frequency of gun purchases; prohibit private transfers of
firearms; require gun show attendees to sign a ledger to be provided
to the police; prohibit the sale of firearms that do not engrave a
serial number on fired ammunition and require registration such
firearms' purchasers; license and regulate firearm dealers at the
state level; prohibit handguns that do not have "smart" gun features;
prohibit detachable-magazine semi-automatics and some pump-action
rifles and shotguns; allow the arbitrary rejection of Right-to-Carry
permit applications; allow local jurisdictions to impose gun control
laws more restrictive than the state legislature; and allow the
criminal prosecution of people who use firearms in legitimate self
defense.

Since most states do not have these kinds of laws -- gun control
having been rolled back and rejected at the federal, state, and local
levels in the last 15-20 years -- Brady gave most states "failing"
scores. Forty two states received 28 points or fewer, and only one
state received a score higher than 63--California.

But, as usual, Brady's scores correlate inversely with states' crime
rates. Using crime data published by the FBI for 2006, the most recent
year available:

* California, the state that has the most gun control and received
Brady's highest score (79), has violent crime and murder rates that
are 14% and 23% higher, respectively, compared to the rest of the
country.

* Brady didn't bother giving a score to Wa****ngton, D.C., which has
more gun control than California and even higher crime rates.

* Most of the 38 states that Brady gave 20 or fewer points to, have
total violent crime, murder, and robbery rates that are below the
national rates.

* For states that have total violent crime, murder, and robbery rates
that are below the national rates, Brady gave average scores of 19,
19, and 14, respectively.

* For the 10 states with the lowest total violent crime, murder, and
robbery rates, Brady gave average scores of 12, 12, and 9,
respectively."<<


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