Op-Ed: The Brady Campaign to Prevent Civil Rights

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence hailed the 2008 presidential election as "a decisive victory for common sense gun laws." Sarah Brady said: "There is no indication that any candidate, at any level, lost their election because of their support for reasonable gun measures."[1]

But what exactly qualifies as "common sense gun laws" or "reasonable gun measures?" A recent paper answered this question by noting certain correlations for states considered the "best" by Brady in terms of how many "common sense gun laws" they have passed:

  • Brady's highest-rated states have the highest average violent crime and murder rates. These states also have the lowest levels of gun ownership.
  • Only 2 of these states have shall-issue concealed carry laws.
  • Brady's "failed" states (not enough "reasonable gun measures") have the lowest violent crime and murder rates, and the highest levels of gun ownership.
  • All have shall-issue concealed carry laws.[2]

Click here to read the entire op-ed by Howard Nemerov.

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