Interesting to say the least. Outside of the very vague conditions of the "permissiveness", it does show a correlation in some aspects. I would like to see their EXACT system for determining "permissiveness" before trying to draw any correlation.
Does show one thing: even though the least permissive states are at the bottom, their anti gun laws do not stop gun deaths from happening. Also, define gun deaths? Suicides? Accidents? I am going to draw some fire for saying this but due to human nature: More people having guns, statistically, more accidents. Less guns, less accidents, but I would like to see the gun MURDER (and not defense) rates for those low gun death areas.
Knee jerk reaction is to scream that it isn't journalism because we don't agree with it. We may not agree with it, nor maybe the facts aren't correct. BUT, journalism is all about the person giving it. I knew the Daily Beast was pretty liberal on the outset... They have GREAT reporting, but they always put a slant on ANYTHING.
I noticed that many of the top ranking states have the most permissive gun laws. Makes me wonder how many of those gun deaths are the result of legal self defence. In states like Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, and California, the majority of the gun deaths are directly related to illegal activity. While I don't have exact figures, I would say that it is much different in permissable states that allow armed self defence.
What a anti-American worthless piece of liberal journalism, if you can call it journalism. If it were printed, I wouldnt use it to wipe my butt...
INGunGuy
Given the complexities involved in gun regulation and violence, The Daily Beast sought to determine which states are the most dangerous when it comes to firearms. Our methodology was simple: Rather than measure the number of guns, we measured the measure of gun death per capita in each state, using the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That counted for 75 percent of the ranking. The other 25 percent was derived from the Legal Community Against Violence's state-by-state comparison of firearm laws, which ranks all 50 states by their relatively severity, incorporating everything from policies on mental-health background checks to whether loaded guns are allowed in bars.
Not very good editing or proofing here:
#1, Mississippi Gun deaths per 100,000: 18.3 Permissive gun laws: 4th out of 50
#2, Arizona Gun deaths per 100,000: 15 Permissive gun laws: 1st out of 50
#3, Alaska Gun deaths per 100,000: 17.6 Permissive gun laws: 11th out of 50
#4, Arkansas Gun deaths per 100,000: 15.1 Permissive gun laws: 7th out of 50
I may not be a very smart man, but I know 15 is lower than 17 and 15.1