States Get Failing Grades for Gun Control, Brady Campaign Says
A gun-control group issued a scorecard Thursday and asserted that states have done little to keep criminals and other “dangerous people” from easily obtaining guns.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence notes that most states don’t have laws to effectively combat gun trafficking.
Scoring the best overall was California, with 79 out of 100 possible points.
States such as Arizona, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah have no laws on the books to effectively combat firearm trafficking or to prevent dangerous people from gaining easy access to guns, the Brady Campaign says in a news release about the scorecard. To see how individual states scored, click here or see the campaign’s interactive map.
The scorecards are designed so that states can earn up to 100 points across five categories of laws: curbing firearm trafficking; strengthening Brady background checks; child safety; banning military-style assault weapons; and making it harder to carry guns in public places. Two-thirds of all states scored fewer than 20 points out of 100. Almost half of all states scored fewer than 10 points.
Hat tip Criminal Justice Journalists.
