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States with the Most Gun Violence
Johann Wagener 4-3-13
Thanks to the NRA and the Gun Lobby the country is fast
becoming a shooting gallery.
Each state has
different sets of gun ownership laws. According to the Center for American
Progress, a progressive think tank that supports gun control, there appears to
be a strong relationship between the strength of gun laws in the state and the
amount of gun violence. In some states, gun violence exceeds the rest of the
country by a wide margin. In Louisiana, between 2001 and 2010, there were 18.9
gun deaths for every 100,000 people, more than six times the rate in Hawaii,
the state with the lowest violence. Based on the Center for American Progress
report, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 10 states with the most gun violence.
The states on this list with higher gun violence tend to
have much less stringent gun laws than other states with less violence like New
Jersey, Connecticut and Hawaii. For instance, none of the states on with the
highest gun violence require permits for handgun purchases. In the 10 states
with the lowest gun violence, seven have this requirement, including all six
states with the lowest levels of gun violence. The Law Center to Prevent Gun
Violence gave seven of the 10 states an F for their gun control policies, with
the remaining three receiving a D or D–.
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