Point Allocation for the 2013 Scorecard: Why Gun Laws Matter
Background Checks and Access to Firearms
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 25 28 28 28 31 31 31 34 34 34 37 37 39 40 40 42 43 44 44 44 47 48 49 50
California Connecticut New Jersey Maryland New York Massachusetts Hawaii Illinois Rhode Island Delaware Pennsylvania Minnesota Washington Michigan Colorado Iowa Wisconsin Oregon Ohio Virginia Nebraska New Hampshire Indiana Alabama Florida Maine West Virginia Georgia North Dakota Tennessee North Carolina Nevada Texas Arkansas Oklahoma South Carolina Idaho New Mexico Missouri Louisiana Utah Montana Kentucky Kansas Mississippi Vermont South Dakota Wyoming Alaska Arizona
Mental Prohibited Background Health People: Checks 11 Reporting 2 Misdmnrs1 11 0 1 11 2 1 0 2 1 6 2 1 11 2 1 3 0 1 3 0 1 6 2 1 11 0 0 11 2 1 6 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 11 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Regulation of Sales and Transfers
Domestic Prohibited Prohibited People: Prohibited People: Background Violence and Domestic Violence Maintaining Purchases and Prohibited People: People:Terror Drug or Alcohol Juvenile Offenders 1 Seriously Mentally Ill 1 Check Firearms: order and Firearms: scene Dealer Records of Gun Sales of Multiple Waiting Watch List 1 Abusers 1 Procedure 1 2 2 Regulations 6 Sales 6 Firearms 6 Periods 6 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 6 6 6 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 6 3 6 3 0 1 1 1 0.5 2 0 6 3 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 6 6 0 6 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0.5 2 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0.5 0.5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gun Owner Accountability Reporting Licensing of Gun Lost or Owners and Registration Stolen Purchasers 6 of Firearms 6 Firearms 6 6 3 6 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 6 0 6 6 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Firearms in Public Places Concealed Weapons Permitting 5 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Open Carrying 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐3 0 ‐3 ‐3 ‐3
1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0 0 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0.5 0.5 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Classes of Weapons and Ammunition/Magazines
Allow Guns on Allow Guns in Guns in Shoot First Laws ("Stand Parking Your Ground") Assault Allow Guns in campus and/or Allow Guns in houses of Bars ‐1 K‐12 ‐1 state parks ‐1 worship ‐1 Areas‐2 ‐3 Weapons 3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐1 0 0 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐3 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 ‐2 0 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 0 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 ‐2 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐3 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 0 0 0 0 ‐1 ‐2 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐3 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐1 0 ‐2 ‐1 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 ‐1 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐3 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 ‐3 0 ‐1 ‐1 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3 ‐1 0 ‐1 ‐1 ‐2 ‐3
3 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Large Capacity Ammunition Fifty Caliber Ammunition Magazines 3 Rifles 1 Regulation 6 3 1 3 0.5 2 0 3 0.5 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 6 6 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Investigating Local Authority Curved Consumer and Child Safety Other Gun Crimes to Regulate Total Total Grade Minimum Age Personalized Safe Storage and Owner‐ to Purchase Design Safety and/or Possess (Locking Authorized Child Access Standards for Microstamping Local Laws Nullification of Medical Gag Rule 1 Devices) 2 Firearms 1 Prevention 1 Handguns 2 2 Allowed 6 Federal Law ‐1 ‐2 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 0 75 89 A‐ 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 70 84 A‐ 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 68.5 82.5 A‐ 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 66.5 80.5 A‐ 2 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 65.5 79.5 A‐ 2 2 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 60.5 74.5 B+ 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 58.5 72.5 B+ 2 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 45 59 B 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 41.5 55.5 B‐ 2 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 34.5 48.5 B‐ 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 34 C 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 19.5 33.5 C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.5 33.5 C 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 29 C 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 14.5 28.5 C 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 28 C‐ 2 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 13 27 C‐ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 25 D+ 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 24 D 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 6.5 20.5 D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.5 19.5 D‐ 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 18.5 D‐ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 17.5 D‐ 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ‐2 3 17 F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 F 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 F 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 F 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 ‐1 0 2 16 F 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 15.5 F 2 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 15.5 F 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 15.5 F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 F 2 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 F 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 0 14 F 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 F 2 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 ‐0.5 13.5 F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐2 12 F 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐2 12 F 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐3 11 F 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 ‐3.5 10.5 F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐4 10 F 1 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 ‐4 10 F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐4 10 F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐4.5 9.5 F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐5 9F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐7 7F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ‐1 0 ‐8 6F
2010 Gun Gun Export Death Rate Rates 2009
7.7019751 5.8495992 5.1985476 9.2598098 5.0706956 4.0346275 3.2098244 8.1906502 4.6027518 9.8759025 10.113207 6.7576137 8.9176609 10.976353 10.723218 6.7951847 8.5654693 11.32556 9.9460661 10.693184 8.1556689 8.2198313 10.823473 16.179149 11.441473 7.8586568 14.233146 12.615862 9.5610957 14.42183 11.573745 14.488803 10.933478 14.389929 14.307657 13.91803 12.729958 14.842957 13.929226 19.114292 12.157041 15.564433 12.476177 10.438619 16.052905 10.209697 9.2338534 15.537339 20.508769 14.531025
4.8 6.9 2.8 11.9 2.6 3.6 2.3 6.5 6.3 18.5 14.1 6.1 11.9 6.9 13.7 9.6 10 16.9 15.6 32.4 8.7 18.3 31.3 33.2 14.2 16.9 46.8 28.3 11 18.6 18.9 30.6 9 26.6 19 33 19.3 21.7 10 23.7 13.8 24.2 34.9 18.8 50.3 22.8 14.8 25.9 33.4 24.8
Grading Rubric: 80‐100 A range 45‐79 B range 27‐44 C range 18‐26 D range 0‐17 F