Brady Rates States by Gun Control

[alfsauve]

The Brady Bunch has release their 2008 report ranking the states by gun control.   Not surprisingly California rank #1.  They didn't rate DC but I suspect it would have rated higher than California so I added them as a zero ranking*.

http://www.stategunlaws.org/xshare/pdf/scorecard/2008/2008_scorecard_rankings.pdf

What does this mean?   

 NOTHING

If you plot the gun control ranking verses the violent crime ranking there is NO correlation.  The plots are all over the place which indicates that gun control has no effect on crime.  There are other reasons for the crime rates than the availability of guns.  The trend line is almost flat.  (I'll provide a graph later.)

Here's the comparison of Brady Gun Control ranking for 2008 (low number means high gun control), and the FBI Uniform Crime Report ranking for Violent Crime Rate 2007 (latest numbers available) (low number mean high in crime).  (Duplicate numbers means a tie)

0* District of Columbia   1   
1 CALIFORNIA   14
2 NEW JERSEY   30
3 CONNECTICUT   42
3 MASSACHUSETTS   23
5 MARYLAND   10
6 NEW YORK   25
7 RHODE ISLAND   46
8 HAWAII   40
9 ILLINOIS   12
10 PENNSYLVANIA   24
11 DELAWARE   7
11 MICHIGAN   11
13 NORTH CAROLINA   20
14 OREGON   37
14 VIRGINIA   41
14 WASHINGTON   29
17 COLORADO   26
17 IOWA   33
19 ALABAMA   22
20 OHIO   27
21 MAINE   51
21 WISCONSIN   35
23 MINNESOTA   36
23 NEVADA   4
23 NEW HAMPSHIRE   49
24 NEBRASKA   31
27 SOUTH CAROLINA   2
27 TEXAS   15
27 VERMONT   50
27 WYOMING   44
31 INDIANA   28
31 MONTANA   38
33 GEORGIA   18
33 KANSAS   21
33 TENNESSEE   3
36 ARIZONA   19
36 ARKANSAS   13
36 FLORIDA   6
36 IDAHO   42
36 NEW MEXICO   8
36 SOUTH DAKOTA   47
42 MISSISSIPPI   34
43 ALASKA   9
43 MISSOURI   16
43 NORTH DAKOTA   48
43 UTAH   45
43 WEST VIRGINIA   39
48 KENTUCKY   32
48 LOUISIANA   5
48 OKLAHOMA   17

[CurrieS103]

 "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."  Benjamin Disraeli

[MikeBjerum]

Ah yea ... Minnesota is just on the good side of middle of the road.  Just like everything else ... except taxes  

At least we're a little better than tt ... I mean Iowa  

[tombogan03884]

I don't understand how they could rank NH at tied at 23, the only states with better gun laws are Vt. and Alaska.

[tt11758]

Ah yea ... Minnesota is just on the good side of middle of the road.  Just like everything else ... except taxes  

At least we're a little better than tt ... I mean Iowa  

I'm feelin the love.   lol

[Sponsor]

[alfsauve]

I don't understand how they could rank NH at tied at 23, the only states with better gun laws are Vt. and Alaska.

You'll have to go read their criteria.   See:

http://www.stategunlaws.org

[tombogan03884]

Isn't it interesting that 2 of the States with the most lax gun laws also have the lowest crime rates, (NH 49 - Vt 50 ) They are also the ones with the lowest % of ethnic minorities.

[cookie62]

You'll have to go read their criteria.   See:

http://www.stategunlaws.org

This is from a page on there web site titled Major School Shootings since 1997

They list 9 events

3 were plots (no shots fired)

3 were drive by shooting after school was out

2 were at universities

1 was an accident with a blank gun for a play

only 1 was a child killed by another student

talk about making up stats

[alfsauve]

Okay here is a graph of the data.  Granted.  The Brady Gun Control Ranking is from 2008 and the Crime Rate Ranking is from 2007, but not a lot changed.   What it shows is there is no coorelation.  NOTE:  This only compares Brady's definition of good gun control versus violent crime rate.  IT DOES NOT compare the impact of gun ownership.

[ericire12]

You'll have to go read their criteria.   See:

http://www.stategunlaws.org

Yeah its all based on their very subjective opinions