gun-related deaths

[10/8/17] The empirical literature on firearm policy is complex, but most studies support one clear conclusion: Places with more guns have more gun-related deaths and violence. After reviewing 130 studies in 10 different countries, one comprehensive analysis in Epidemiologic Reviews determined that laws restricting the purchase of and access to firearms were strongly associated with lower rates of homicide and unintentional deaths.

Strict regulations cannot protect us from all gun violence — but they can dramatically reduce it.

There is no better example of their potential for success than here in Hawaii. In 2014, Hawaii had the lowest firearm death rate in the nation, with a mere 2.6 gun deaths per 100,000 residents, compared to a rate of 14.8 in Nevada and an astonishing rate of 19.2 in Alaska.

[5/7/09] Hawaii continues to have the lowest rate of gun-related deaths in the nation, which state officials and a national organization attribute to Hawaii's strict gun laws and low gun ownership.

Hawaii had 2.58 gun deaths per 100,000 residents, while Louisiana, the highest, had a rate of 19.58, according to a Violence Policy Center report. The national average was 10.32, according to 2006 data the center used from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Only 9.7 percent of households in Hawaii owned a gun, compared with 45.6 in Louisiana.

"More guns means more gun death and injury. Fewer guns means less death and injury. It's a simple equation," said Kristen Rand, the center's legislative director.

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Let's see.. The top 5 states in gun related deaths are Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Mississippi, Nevada. I wonder if they're all Republican states? (Not to be political, but I was just wondering.)

It was hard to pinpoint, but according to this map of the 2010 Senate races, LA is barely GOP, AL strong GOP, AK barely GOP, MS (grey, but both Senators republican), NV strong democrat.

OK, how about going by who they voted for in the last Presidential Election.

Louisiana (McCain)
Alabama (McCain)
Alaska (McCain)
Mississippi (McCain)
Nevada (Obama)

How about the states with the least gun death percentages?

Hawaii (Obama)
Massachusetts (Obama)
Rhode Island (Obama)
Connecticut (Obama)
New York (Obama)

OK, I'm detecting a trend here.