"`` Pro-Gun `` States Lead the Nation in Per Capita Firearm Death Rates Violence Policy Center Analysis of New Data Reveals : Louisiana , Alaska , Montana , Tennessee , and Alabama Top List of Deadliest States in the Nation Blind Allegiance to the Second Amendment Takes Deadly Toll Washington , DC & # 8212 ; States in the South and West with weak gun laws and high rates of gun ownership lead the nation in overall firearm death rates according to a new analysis issued today by the Violence Policy Center ( VPC ) of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) data . The new VPC analysis uses 2005 data ( the most recent available ) from the CDC 's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control . The analysis reveals that the five states with the highest per capita gun death rates were Louisiana , Alaska , Montana , Tennessee and Alabama . Each of these states had a per capita gun death rate far exceeding the national per capita gun death rate of 10.32 per 100,000 . By contrast , states with strong gun laws and low rates of gun ownership had far lower rates of firearm-related death . Ranking last in the nation for gun death was Hawaii , followed by Massachusetts , Rhode Island , New Jersey and New York . ( See chart below for top and bottom five states . See http : //www.vpc.org/fadeathchart.htm for a ranking of all 50 states . ) http : //vpc.org/press/0804gundeath.htm So how do the people who claim guns save lives explain this ?"
"Really , so California is just a peachy crime free place because of its strict firearms laws ? What about New York ? But wait ! Do n't forget good ol Washington DC ! Their crime rate is lower than Bush 's approval rating because of their strict firearm laws ! Of course they are going to have a higher rate of firearms death , but they 're obviously going to have a lower rate of everything else ( criminal related ) death . In the end , Its lower ."
"States Lead the Nation in Per Capita Firearm Death Rates"
"so California is just a peachy crime free place"