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Fact Sheet: Weak Gun Laws Are Driving Increases in Violent Crime

States that have recently weakened their gun laws are seeing increases in violent crime.

[url]https://www.americanprogress.org/article/fact-sheet-weak-gun-laws-are-driving-increases-in-violent-crime/[/url]

Homicide rates are higher in states with weaker gun laws

• States that received an “F” grade based on the strength of their gun laws—according to the latest scorecard from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence—saw the highest homicide rates:¹
  • States with “F” grades saw 25 percent higher homicide rates than states with “C” or “D” grades.²
  • States with “F” grades saw 61 percent higher homicide rates than states with “A” or “B” grades—states with the strongest gun laws.³
• The states with the highest firearm mortality rates are Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Wyoming.⁴ These states all received an “F” grade for their weak gun laws.⁵
• Children and teenagers are most vulnerable in states with weaker gun laws: In 2020, the 10 states with the highest rates of gun deaths among children and teenagers ages 1–19 were Louisiana, Alaska, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas, Kansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Alabama.⁶ All of these states received an “F” grade for their weak gun laws.
• Reports also suggest that rates of nonfatal gunshot injuries sustained during assaults are higher in states with weaker gun laws: In 2017, the most recent year with available data across all states, states that received an “F” grade had a rate of nonfatal gunshot injuries that was 22 percent higher than states with “C” or “D” grades and 59 percent higher than states with “A” or “B” grades.⁷

[blackpowder]

Those mentioned states have little or no background checks and allow open and concealed carry without a permit. And 28.6 deaths per 100,000.

Non gang youth or child deaths often from a loaded gun stored in the open.

Be careful trying to compare the US to anywhere. As Forrest Gump said about Vietnam, "its like this whole other country"
You are out of your depth on this discussion. Your paste only proved lack of knowledge. From the AI generated portion at the top of your search results likely.

You are spending billions to ban all guns when almost entirely smuggled guns are involved in < 1/100000. Statistics are easily mis represented depending on the level of alarm desired. RCMP not even interested in this latest.

[shtferbrains]

We are being compared to Mississippi recently but mor for our lack of economic growth.

I do see some similarities in that the poorest rural folks often are where gun violence is more common in domestic disputes and local gang violence.
We had a bad stretch of gang shootings locally last spring/summer. Rumored to be drug related.
Most often the weapon was a sawed off 22 or shotgun.
They won't be turning them in.
RCMP sent in a special gang squad and seem to get that under control as nobody has been shot on the street locally.

Have to agree we have weaker law enforcement in some rural Sask areas where homicide rates are high.
Some may referred to as no go zones.

Also notable urban areas like Mississauga and Surrey would probably receive an F.

I agree gun laws/gang violence/drugs need more enforcement in easily identifiable areas.

I don't see how seizing everyone on Agrivilles guns and sending them to Ukaine is going to have any effect on any of that?

But I can't argue with your point that areas with high levels of visible minorities that live in less than ideal economic conditions always live with more violence.