Nobody is passing the buck. The absence of uniform

Nobody is passing the buck. The absence of uniform background checks insures the flow of illegal guns from weaker gun control States to States and cities with stronger gun control, and it increases availability of guns for people who shouldn't have them in States with
weaker controls, like IN.

Prove that is inaccurate or stop posting to me on this subject, and spare me you math illiteracy RE gun death rates.

State gun death rates are calculated by dividing the number of gun deaths by the total state population and multiplying the result by 100,000 to obtain the rate per 100,000, which is the standard and accepted method for comparing fatal levels of gun violence.

WTF are these GOP governors doing about gun deaths?

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/death-by-gun...t-rates/4/


http://vpc.org/press/states-with-weak-gun-law...-confirms/

States with Weak Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Lead Nation in Gun Deaths, New Data for 2017 Confirms

For Release: Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Alaska, Montana, Alabama, Louisiana, and Missouri Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation

Hawaii, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and Connecticut Have Lowest Gun Death Rates in the Nation

Washington, DC — Just-released WISQARS data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control show that states with the highest rates of overall gun death in the nation are those with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership according to a new Violence Policy Center (VPC) analysis.

In addition, states with the lowest overall gun death rates have some of the strongest gun violence prevention laws in the nation and lower rates of gun ownership.


The VPC analysis refers to overall gun death rates in 2017, the most recent year for which data is available. The deaths include gun homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings.

A table of the states with the five highest gun death rates and the five lowest gun death rates is below. For a list of gun death rates in all 50 states, see:

http://www.vpc.org/state-firearm-death-rates-...rate-2017/.

State Firearm Death Rates, Ranked by Rate, 2017


Rank State Rate
1 Alaska 24.33
2 Montana 23.23
3 Alabama 23.06
4 Louisiana 21.52
5 Missouri 21.38
6 Mississippi 21.18
7 Arkansas 20.40
8 Wyoming 19.51
9 West Virginia 19.16
10 New Mexico 18.87
11 Tennessee 18.55
12 South Carolina 17.77
13 Oklahoma 17.32
14 Nevada 16.94
15 Kentucky 16.39
16 Idaho 16.31
17 Arizona 16.16
18 Kansas 16.00
19 Georgia 15.56
20 Indiana 15.24
21 North Carolina 13.92


22 Colorado 13.89
23 North Dakota 13.64
24 Ohio 13.63
25 Utah 13.22
26 Florida 12.98
27 Maine 12.88
28 Pennsylvania 12.78
29 Oregon 12.75
30 Texas 12.41
31 Virginia 12.29
32 Maryland 12.26
33 Illinois 12.05
34 South Dakota 11.61
35 Delaware 11.54
36 Washington 11.46
37 Michigan 11.42
38 Vermont 11.22
39 New Hampshire 10.87
40 Wisconsin 10.77
41 Iowa 9.31
42 Minnesota 8.34
43 Nebraska 8.33
44 California 8.05
45 New Jersey 5.31
46 Connecticut 5.24
47 Rhode Island 4.06
48 New York 3.89
49 Massachusetts 3.82
50 Hawaii 2.73
. National Firearm Death Rate 12.21

*Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury