Fewer guns and tighter gun control will reduce gun slaughter. it’s logical. And it is true.

California is proof of that.

So is Mississippi.

We are probably the state with the strictest gun laws in the nation. And it’s one of the countries with the lowest gun death rates.

States with lax gun laws also have the highest gun death rates. Many are southern red states. Let’s start with Mississippi.

“We must be doing something right,” says Galen Wintemute, director of the UC Gun Violence Research Program.

“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that our gun violence rate has dropped significantly compared to other regions. I suspect our strong regulatory system has a lot to do with it.”

Wintemute is a career researcher and emergency room doctor who has treated countless gunshot wounds. He tends to be careful with his words.

But the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence doesn’t cut short.

I rate California an “A” for gun control. “Overall, California has the strongest gun safety laws in the nation, making it a pioneer,” the paper reports.

The state legislature has recently stepped up its efforts to further strengthen California’s gun laws. See below for details.

Mississippi earned an “F” from Giffords and “has the weakest gun control and highest gun death rate in the country.”

It is backed by the National Center for Health Statistics. In 2021, the most recent year for which data were available, Mississippi had the highest gun death rate in the nation, at about 34 per 100,000 population, the report said.

This also includes murder, suicide and accidental shooting.

Other states with weak gun laws and high gun death rates include Louisiana, Alabama, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, South Carolina and Oklahoma. be.

Mississippi also has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Over 50% of state residents own firearms in their homes.

In contrast, California’s gun death rate was 9 per 100,000. He has seven states with even lower rates. Among them are New York and New Jersey, which Giffords rates “A-” and “A” respectively on gun control.

California has one of the lowest gun ownership rates, with 16% of households owning a firearm.

Unless I’m overlooking something, the fact that blue states with large metropolitan centers like California, New York, and New Jersey have lower gun death rates than many rural red states is an indication that gun control is working. further proof that Urban areas tend to be more infested with criminal gangs than rural villages.

Some studies show that being near a gun is less safe than being away from it. Again, it’s logical, despite the gun lobby propaganda.

A Stanford University report last year, which looked at 18 million California adults over a 12-year period, concluded that “living with a handgun owner is associated with a significantly increased risk of death from homicide.”

“Women bear the brunt of increased risk….The fatal assaults they experienced often took the form of shootings by men living together,” said study co-author Yifang Zhang. reported Mr.

Meanwhile, some of California’s strongest gun laws (including a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and a mandatory background check on ammunition buyers) have been driven by firearm-friendly U.S. Supreme Court-inspired gun advocacy groups. The lawsuit filed is being challenged. .

Last year’s landmark Supreme Court ruling in defense of guns overturned a New York law restricting who could carry a concealed, loaded gun. In effect, the court nullified a similar law in California.

A bill that replaces the old concealed weapons law with a law that passes a Supreme Court convocation is the largest gun bill in Sacramento this year.

“You don’t need a gun to go to your daughter’s soccer game,” the bill’s author, Senator Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank), has repeated. “You don’t need a gun to go to Dodger Stadium. You don’t need a gun to go anywhere that sells alcohol.”

portantino bill, SB2, Prohibit concealing weapons in government buildings, schools, medical facilities, churches, playgrounds, athletic fields, bars, etc.

This would impose uniform standards across the state for issuing concealed weapons permits. It will no longer be at the discretion of the local sheriff.

“The sheriffs are vehemently opposed to my bill because they want to be able to issue permits on their own,” the lawmaker said.

The Senate recently sent the bill to Congress by a 29-9 vote. Most Democrats voted yes. Republicans objected.

The discussion was heated.

Democrats ‘will do nothing’ about people dying from fentanyl overdoses, but minority leader Brian Jones (R, San Diego) claims Democrats are ‘based on this idea’ bottom. [Senate] Ignoring the floor and being self-righteous about gun control. ”

Congress recently passed a more controversial bill that is now going to the Senate. An 11% excise tax on gun and ammunition sales would raise $160 million a year. The funds will fund gun violence prevention programs.

That’s a good reason. These programs work. But they should be paid out of the state general fund. It’s a social issue. Everyone should participate, not just hunters and archers. Many bad guys steal guns anyway and never pay their taxes.

The bill’s author, Rep. Jesse Gabriel (D-Woodland Hills), said manufacturers and retailers, not consumers, would be taxed. But you know how it goes. Consumers ultimately pay.

invoice, AB28, It passed 56 to 17 in a partisan vote.

Gov. Gavin Newsom should spend money from the General Fund on worthy programs and avoid taxing law-abiding gun owners.

control their guns. Let go of their wallets.