In a 2013 study, we linked state homicide data from the CDC with data on gun ownership, which revealed a strong relationship between levels of household gun ownership and firearm-related homicide rates at the state level.
Furthermore, a study this month in the American Journal of Public Health found the following: "We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates.
It shows the same things that every other scientific, refereed, and peer-reviewed study has shown: We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates.
First of all, there is no correlation between the states' levels of gun violence and the Brady Campaign's ranking on states' gun law strictness - I have personally done the correlation.
"Our levels of gun violence are off the charts".
It also rejects the conclusion that the post-Port Arthur gun laws have lowered Australia's levels of gun crime.
Yes, of course there are unacceptable levels of gun violence and isolated acts of homegrown terrorism.
Eight of the states with the highest levels of gun violence were among the 25 with the weakest gun laws, the report found.
By contrast, our data show that the Northeast has lower rates of gun theft per gun owner, and lower levels of gun ownership, than the other three regions.
States in the Northeast, particularly those with low levels of gun ownership and strong gun laws (e.g., Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut) are "importers" of crime guns (Mayors Against Illegal Guns 2010).
