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States With Weak Gun Laws and Higher Gun Ownership Lead Nation in Gun Deaths

By Penny Okamoto, Executive Director of Ceasefire Oregon

New data for 2013 shows that states with weak gun violence prevention laws and higher rates of gun ownership have the highest overall gun death rates in America.

By contrast, states with lower rates of gun ownership and much stronger gun violence prevention laws have much lower overall gun death rates.

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