The data don't lie.
More useful facts, here, including:
9. States with stricter gun control laws have fewer deaths from gun-related violence.
Last year, economist Richard Florida dove deep into
the correlations between gun deaths and other kinds of social
indicators. Some of what he found was, perhaps, unexpected: Higher
populations, more stress, more immigrants, and more mental illness were
not correlated with more deaths from gun violence. But one thing he
found was, perhaps, perfectly predictable: States with tighter gun
control laws appear to have fewer gun-related deaths. The disclaimer
here is that correlation is not causation. But correlations can be
suggestive:
“The map overlays the map of firearm deaths above with gun control
restrictions by state,” explains Florida. “It highlights states which
have one of three gun control restrictions in place – assault weapons’
bans, trigger locks, or safe storage requirements. Firearm deaths are
significantly lower in states with stricter gun control legislation.
Though the sample sizes are small, we find substantial negative
correlations between firearm deaths and states that ban assault weapons
(-.45), require trigger locks (-.42), and mandate safe storage
requirements for guns (-.48).”
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