Posted on 03/31/2023 3:11:01 PM PDT by rellimpank
Most US states get a failing grade on gun laws, according to a new scorecard published by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
The group, which advocates for stricter gun laws as a way to save lives, gave What Matters a first look at the new analysis.
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How do you account for a state like Illinois, that has strong gun laws, but also a high rate of gun deaths in its major city, Chicago? DRANE: We don’t take into account cities and that, in part, has to do with the availability of city-level data. It’s actually quite difficult to compare gun homicide rates in cities because of the way that data is submitted to our national crime systems.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
We don’t need no stinking report cards.
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