re: #2 Daniel Ballard

I smell an advocates moment more than useful statistics here. Why did the VPC need this particular comparison? Are gun death statistics not impressive or illuminating enough on their own?

Comparisons tend to be helpful. More people are dying from guns in Arizona than from cars. It’s useful to know that— unless either statistic is very low, it’s a problem that needs to be addressed.

Los Angeles has very strict gun rules. CCW’s are denied across the board. All the state gun laws apply. Yet in Los Angeles alone about three people a day die in gun violence.

So how is it the loose gun laws are the real source of the problem?

Local gun laws are almost completely ineffective in controlling guns, it’s true.