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@LilyLovesEarth1 year ago
Proof is in the numbers! But why would that matter to the money and power-hungry lawmakers...

Left-wing politics

www.nytimes.com
California Has America's Toughest Gun Laws, and They Work
California's rate of firearm mortality is among the nation's lowest, with 8.5 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2020, compared with 13.7 per 100,000 nationally and 14.2 per 100,000 in Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported.
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But if we rank the states, California's rate of firearm violence ranks 29th out of 50 states for homicides and 44th for suicides.
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If you're convicted of a violent misdemeanor in California, you can't have a gun for the next 10 years; that offense has to be a felony in most states.
We require background checks, and not just from licensed retailers; in most states, purchases from private parties require no background checks or record keeping of any kind.
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The lower the prevalence of ownership, the lower the rate of firearm violence that's been one of the most robust research findings for decades.
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In the United States overall, something like 25 percent to 30 percent of individuals own guns.
In California, it's about 15 percent to 18 percent.
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