Louisiana has the highest gun death rate in the USA; more than three times the national average.
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on April 17, 2013 at 3:48 PM, updated April 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM
on April 17, 2013 at 3:48 PM, updated April 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM
Louisiana's senators split with Republican David Vitter voting against the measure and Democrat Mary Landrieu voting for. Landrieu, who faces re-election in 2014 and had not taken a stand on the measure, drew applause from bill supporters in the Senate gallery when she cast her vote....
The highest number of gun deaths in the nation and Vitter voted no. Politics not people.
April 17, 2013
WASHINGTON – Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu (click here) voted Wednesday for a proposal to expand background checks for gun purchases but voted against a proposed ban on assault weapons.
Each proposal failed to get the 60 votes needed for passage....
1. Louisiana
> Firearm homicide deaths per 100,000: 9.53 (the highest)
> Firearm aggravated assaults per 100,000: 99.51 (4th highest)
> Violent crime rate per 100,000: 555.3 (7th highest)
> Need permit to purchase handgun: No
> Governor: Bobby Jindal (R)
> Firearm homicide deaths per 100,000: 9.53 (the highest)
> Firearm aggravated assaults per 100,000: 99.51 (4th highest)
> Violent crime rate per 100,000: 555.3 (7th highest)
> Need permit to purchase handgun: No
> Governor: Bobby Jindal (R)
No state had a bigger problem with gun violence than Louisiana. Between 2001 and 2010, there were 18.9 firearm deaths — which includes suicides and accidents — annually for every 100,000 residents, more than any other state. In 2010, there were 9.53 homicides involving a firearm for every 100,000 residents, by far the highest rate in the country. In November 2012, nearly three-fourths of Louisiana voters approved a state constitutional amendment that placed a very strict standard on determining whether individual gun rights can be limited. Since the amendment was passed, a host of legal challenges have been filed against the state’s gun restrictions, including a challenge of the ban on felons to own firearms. The state received an F for its gun laws from the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Among the reasons for the poor grade are the fact that the state does not require a waiting period for gun purchases or prohibit the sales of assault weapons or high-caliber rifles.
Below is an article from The Washington Post
Posted by Max Fisher
December 14, 2012 at 4:50 pm
One piece of this puzzle (click here) is the national rate of firearm-related murders, which is charted above. The United States has by far the highest per capita rate of all developed countries. According to data compiled by the United Nations, the United States has four times as many gun-related homicides per capita as do Turkey and Switzerland, which are tied for third. The U.S. gun murder rate is about 20 times the average for all other countries on this chart. That means that Americans are 20 times as likely to be killed by a gun than is someone from another developed country....
