http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/9563Campaign: Fewer gun laws, fewer homicides
The Brady Campaign for Gun Control sent out its scorecard on how the states do on gun control. The report is here.
West Virginia received a score of 4 points out of 100.
According to the Guardian, West Virginia’s homicide rate is 3.03 homicides for every 100,000 people.
60% are firearms-related.
The best Brady score went to California — 79 out of 100.
California’s homicide rate is 5.83 homicides per 100,000.
69% are firearms related.
It gets even better.
Utah scored a zero.
Its homicide rate is 1.5 per 100,000 people.
46% are firearms-related.
I am laughing so hard now that it is difficult to type.
North Dakota also scored 4 out of 100 on the Brady scorecard.
It has the nation’s lowest homicide rate — 0.47 per 100,000.
0% were firearms related.
Zero.
Next lowest nationally in homicides? New Hampshire. It scored a 9 on the Brady scorecard.
Only 17% of those homicides were firearms-related.
So there you have it: More guns, fewer homicides.
I’d like to thank the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence for pointing this out, although I hardly think it meant to.
