[epow]

I couldn't copy the actual grade chart due to my rudimentary 'puter skills, but if you want to see how your state fared in the Brady grading system just go to the URL. Brady grades "A" to "F" with "A" of course being the best according to their perverse point of view. So, just reverse the grades and you will have a real world grade for each state.

[IYAS9YAS]

Let's see...my odds of getting killed by someone with a handgun in Idaho are far less than that of California...yet, Idaho gets a low grade? Glad I just got my Idaho CCW renewed and will pick it up next week.

[billorites]

Sarah Brady is a tedious harridan.

Someone shoots her hubby in the head and she cops a 'tude.

[Vision]

I live in Maryland. Oh God!

[Veggie Todd]

Gee, this chart kinda proves OUR point. You'd think they would hesitate before they would publicize the chart and help their "enemy" make their argument.

[arm958]

There was an article in our State paper (Casper Star Tribune) yesterday about Wyoming rating an F. To my surprise, the sometimes leftist rag quoted a 2nd Ammendment Rights group representative who said Wyoming should be proud to get an F, since it is a baramoter of how much freedom we enjoy here. Right on.

[CFC__VRWC]

bflr

[CGTRWK]

What is it that sets Maryland apart with an A from a New Jersey or a Massachussetts that get an A-?

It isn't the gun laws, because as bad as they are here, in NJ and Mass they are even worse. Maryland has no magazine bans, no FID cards, no fingerprinting, no particular hassle for non "assault" long guns - yet. Our only real stinker is the vague "integrated mechanical safety device" law for handguns post 2002, which greatly limits selection for enthusiasts but has no practical effect beyond that.

So I think the Brady people are just giving us bonus points for victimization rates, which are what they really want to see. Their ultimate goal is the police state. Terrorization of the citizenry by violent criminals will, they hope, lead us to welcome that ordered police state with open arms. Laws against self defense aren't the goal, they're only the means to that end.

If human nature were somehow reversed and the availability of guns had an amplifying effect on violent crime rates, the Brady people's motto would be "A Lorcin for every Low Life."

[vetvetdoug]

Try a home invasion in Maryland and then try one in Mississippi. Let's see who fares better. Mississippi is #3 in the real world.

[Lancey Howard]

So.... For those of us based in reality and sanity, you can flip the chart upside-down to get the true grade? Meaning Pennsylvania's D+ translates to, what, a B-? Well, I guess that's not bad, but I know anybody (non-criminal) can get a concealed carry permit here easy as pie - - you don't need to take any classes or state any reason (other than personal defense) and you don't even need to own a gun (although I recommend it). I think Pennsylvania deserves better than a stinking B-.

[FutureMarine]

I pray that I will see a day when California has an F...