re: #316 Ian G.

Sigh….

thedailybeast.com

Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arizona, Alaska…heavily democratic, right?

New York and Massachusetts are well known for being arch conservative states, right?

I must be stupid because this doesn’t make sense to me:

Firearm deaths are significantly lower in states with stricter gun control legislation. Though the sample sizes are small, we find substantial negative correlations between firearm deaths and states that ban assault weapons (-.45), require trigger locks (-.42), and mandate safe storage requirements for guns (-.48).