Study Links California Gun Murder Decrease to Strict Regulations, a Sharp Contrast to Florida

[Robb]

California has seen a 56 percent drop in gun death rates in the past two decades, and a new report from the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence claims the decrease is related to the state’s gun restrictions.

California lawmakers have passed 30 gun laws in the past 20 years, including outlawing military-style weapons and the carrying of unloaded firearms in public. The restrictions have led to a precipitous drop in gun death rates, according to the study. In 1993, 5,500 Californians were killed by gunfire. In 2010, the number dropped to 2,935.

That decrease is in sharp contrast to Florida. A Florida Center for Investigative Reporting investigation published in April found that murders by firearms in Florida have increased dramatically since 2000, when there were 499 gun murders. Gun murders have climbed 38 percent — with 691 murders committed with guns in 2011, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement data.

Three quarters of all homicides in Florida are now committed by guns, up from 56 percent in 2000....

Read More: http://fcir.org/2013/08/07/florida-gun-regulations/

[libodem]

1. You are no Dingbat

I don't care what they say about you in the lounge.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Of course it works

[billh58]

3. But, but...

The official Gungeoneer spokespeople tell me that less gun regulation (and more gunz) results in a decline in gun deaths, and more gun regulation results in more deaths.

I'm so confused...

[Squinch]

4. Yes they are a confusing bunch.

I think when they say more guns mean fewer deaths, they mean after there is such a threshold of guns that everyone has killed each other, and after that there are fewer people, therefore fewer gun deaths.

You think that's it? Cause otherwise, I can't make heads or tails out of what they could be thinking.

(Shall we count down till someone says something mis-informed about Chicago? 3,2,1...)

[billh58]

5. Thank goodness that

the DU Gungeoneers are not representative of the average American gun owner. Most Americans, including gun owners, are in favor of gun regulations which are aimed at more responsibility and accountability.

Anyone with average intelligence knows that the unfettered proliferation of lethal weapons coupled with a lack of sensible regulation is the avenue to a world-record number of gun injuries and deaths. The USA currently holds the title of the world's deadliest in this respect, and is the most gun-infested nation among its peers.

Unfortunately, the right-wing NRA cheerleaders from DU's Gungeon can't see past their front sights when it comes to sane gun regulation.

[ellisonz]

6. That's because California doesn't have shit for brains. n/t