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5. Try again. Vermont and NH have some of the "loosest" gun laws in the country.

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Wed Apr 3, 2013, 07:50 PM

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Study: States With Loose Gun Laws Have Higher Rates Of Gun Violence [View all] Redfairen Apr 2013 OP

Gee, what a big surprise... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #1

ER MER GERD!!! You mean more deadly weapons does not make a place safer?!?!?!?!?? Drale Apr 2013 #2

Highest rates, maybe, but not the highest number of gun-deaths. N/T beevul Apr 2013 #3

Agreed fredzachmane Apr 2013 #10

I agree Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #34

So, the lives of the people in those states don't matter? baldguy Apr 2013 #13

I don't remember saying that any lives "don't matter". beevul Apr 2013 #16

Not exactly zipplewrath Apr 2013 #19

You're just denying the facts because they don't fit your dogma. baldguy Apr 2013 #21

You're projecting. beevul Apr 2013 #26

Exactly fredzachmane Apr 2013 #36

You are a hundred times more likely to be the victim fredzachmane Apr 2013 #35

thanks for showing some intellect here samsingh Apr 2013 #41

Yet some low-violence states also have realtively loose gun laws. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2013 #4

Ice cream sales go up at the beach when it's hot, fredzachmane Apr 2013 #11

that logic can be used on anything samsingh Apr 2013 #42

Try again. Vermont and NH have some of the "loosest" gun laws in the country. geckosfeet Apr 2013 #5

Which may be why they have higher gun violence rates than their neighbors starroute Apr 2013 #7

Maine's Gun Laws are about as loose as can be. formercia Apr 2013 #20

if you don't like the result, divide everyting into red or green samsingh Apr 2013 #43

That's like saying global warming is a myth tabasco Apr 2013 #8

I'm not sure it is anything like saying that. geckosfeet Apr 2013 #12

More n/t krispos42 Apr 2013 #39

. geckosfeet Apr 2013 #40

Oh noes! The Gungeon will be unhappy about this. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2013 #6

Here we go Kingofalldems Apr 2013 #9

States with high rates of poverty and low levels of education have high rates of gun violence. hack89 Apr 2013 #14

Amazing. Even with all of the gun violence in Chicago that we keep hearing about, Chakab Apr 2013 #15

To be fair, not all gun violence is created equal One_Life_To_Give Apr 2013 #17

So, there's less gun violence where there's less guns? Is this a correlation? xtraxritical Apr 2013 #18

How can that be since tough gun laws mean "only criminals can get guns." yellowcanine Apr 2013 #22

No one stops the bad guys with guns lark Apr 2013 #24

Also, Sun has high rate of rising in East. KamaAina Apr 2013 #23

And when the sun goes down it generally gets dark...... yellowcanine Apr 2013 #25

The Map Reflects the traditional difference between the North and South when it comes to crime happyslug Apr 2013 #27

The Book - Albion's Seed - speaks well to this n/t LarryNM Apr 2013 #30

Thanks for your helpful post. Worth reading, by all means. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2013 #32

Um, Washington and Oregon are loose as hell on gun laws. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #28

You don't say! sakabatou Apr 2013 #29

here in Ohio, I can own silencers and machine guns, I can walk around with a concealed handgun bubbayugga Apr 2013 #31

Makes perfect sense, thanks for the article, and the graphic. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2013 #33

If guns make us safer, why is our country one of the least safe? grahamhgreen Apr 2013 #37

Apples and oranges comparison. krispos42 Apr 2013 #38

Violent crime map. rrneck Apr 2013 #44