According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: "Arizona, Alaska and Utah do not have a single sensible gun law on their books." The three states were awarded zero points out of a possible 100 in the ranking, while California came in first with 80. In a state where the difference between a conservative and a liberal is that a liberal carries a .40 caliber or smaller, that's not a surprise.
The detailed state scorecard shows that we were awarded 2 points for not allowing guns on campus, but two points were deducted for not requiring a concealed carry permit. The Kaiser Foundation ranked Alaska third among states for the rate of gun deaths in 2007, with a rate of 17.8 per 100,000 population. The Violence Policy Center claims that gun deaths are closely correlated with gun ownership, and Alaska's household gun ownership that year exceeded 60 percent, at or near the top.
A rate of 17.8 for a populaton of about 700,000 means a total of about 125 gun deaths that year. For a small population like ours, the rate will probably vary significantly by year. This was also four years ago; it would be interesting to see more recent data, if it exists.
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