And the Brady Campaign gets their illogical two cents in.
Quote:
The Brady Campaign, a national organization working to prevent gun violence, started grading state gun laws nine years ago.
Earning a grade of `A-`, California scored significantly better than the 32 states that received grades of either `D` or `F`. California was among only 10 states that received grades in the `A` and `B` range.
`California has really great gun laws, to sum it up. We've had more than a decade of really sensible legislation,` said Karen Shah, executive director of Women Against Gun Violence, an advocacy group working to prevent gun violence.
`California has passed a series of gun laws that are a model for the rest of the nation. These laws have helped California reduce rates of gun homicide, gun suicide, and total gun deaths in California much faster than in the rest of the nation,` said Griffin Dix, president of the California Million Mom March Chapters, which is part of the Brady Campaign.
According to Dix, California's gun laws are effective, and gun homicide and suicide rates dropped faster between 1994 and 2003 in California than in states that have weaker gun laws.
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And it shows...
In 2003, according to the CDC, California saw firearm death rates of 9.77 per 100,000.
In 2002, that number was 9.74.
In 2001 it was 9.27.
In 2000, it was 9.18.
So is this new math by the brady bunch?
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...s/14088178.htm