Governor of California Gavin Newsom (D) Called Sen. John Cornyn On Monday, after a Texas Republican shared a headline suggesting California’s strict gun laws won’t help prevent mass shootings.
“California has over 100 gun laws. Why aren’t they stopping more mass shootings?” Cornyn tweeted. New York Times article under the same heading in the wake of threeshooting incident States with at least 19 deaths.
Newsom shared Cornyn’s tweet, noting that “Texas has a 67% higher gun death rate than California.”
Check it out. When it comes to gun death rates, California has the lowest in the nation, with her 8.5 gun deaths per 100,000 population in 2020. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionTexas, on the other hand, 14. There were 2 gun fatalities per 100,000 population in the same year. This is higher than his 13.7 per 100,000 population nationwide.
In any case, this month’s mass shootings have brought new attention to California’s gun laws, the toughest in the nation.
As The Times pointed out in its article, the state has a patchwork of more than 100 gun laws. These include bans on semi-automatic guns and high-capacity magazines, and restrictions on gun ownership by domestic violence offenders and those seen as a danger to themselves and others. .
It still wasn’t enough to prevent this month’s tragedy. While gun safety advocates cite mass shootings as evidence that gun control is not working, gun safety advocates are seeking to close the gap that allowed the shootings to occur. (They do, as The Times also notes: According to the California Institute of Public PolicyCalifornians are about 25% less likely to die in a mass shooting.
Cornin Among Top Recipients Congressional campaign donations from gun rights lobbyists were recognized as adding to that chorus when he shared an article.
Newsom wasn’t the only one to object. 10 deadliest shots In modern U.S. history, it took place in Texas, home to some of the lax gun laws in the country.
