11. Th Brady Campaign scores Utah as the lowest state and California the best...
in their gun control rankings.
However, if you look at the FBI's Uniform Crime Statistics from 2005 through 2008 you find California had the 18th highest murder rate and Utah was 49th. The violent crime rate in California ranks California at number 15 and Utah at number 46.
While it's unfair to say that Utah's "lax" gun laws caused a decrease in crime, it is fair to say that those laws did not cause an skyrocketing in the crime rate.
Utah looks like a extremely safe state to visit or live.
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