It’s Brady Ranking Time!
About once every couple of months it seems, the Brady Campaign, trying to get some free publicity, releases their state rankings. They used to release grades but state’s grades rarely went up and showed that the Brady Bunch was not real effective. Anyway, their latest is up. I note that Tennessee gets a whopping eight points. Also interesting is some of the language they use, like:
Employers not forced to allow firearms on premises
Colleges are not forced to allow firearms on campus
They seem to push this falsity that folks have a right not to have firearms around them. Interesting. Bitter puts the rankings in context of grades:
There is no right to own arms in Massachusetts. That is still not good enough for the Paul Helmke. What is good enough? Confiscation?
Probably why they stopped using grades. MA is third but would gets only a 54.
February 19th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Woo hoo! Missouri has a measly Brady score of 4!! Did any other state rank lower (better)?? Happy Friday!
February 19th, 2010 at 10:51 am
Utah got zero.
February 19th, 2010 at 11:01 am
AZ got a 2. Not bad. Maybe permit-less carry can bring us negative?
February 19th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Look at the criteria, it contains admissions galore.
E.g.,note how they admit that “assault weapon” bans are nothing more than cosmetic.
February 19th, 2010 at 11:15 am
Utah’s got a zero?
Time to move out west, then.
(Not that I’m really disappointed with Kentucky’s 2.)
February 19th, 2010 at 11:58 am
6 states have a 2 and one has a zero. For most states, the only points come from not requiring their state-run universities to honor carry permits of those old enough to carry on campus.
February 19th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
NJ got a 73, only state that ranks “better” than California….and look at the state of these states…..When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will run your state. But my near future state of Nebraska gets an 8!
February 19th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Utah gets a zero because all public facilities (including elementary schools and public colleges) are required to allow permit-carriers to carry there with the exception of secure facilities, such as courthouses and detention facilities.
Ironically, despite our “nation’s weakest gun laws,” Utah has a homicide rate of 1.9/100,000/year– roughly one third of the national average of 5.5.
February 19th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
With any luck we can try to get some negative numbers out here in Utah.
February 19th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
One of Utah’s state senators proposed making JMB’s birthday a state holiday. Maybe that will give us a negative score.
February 19th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Oklahoma got 2
February 19th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
I’m sad to say that Wyoming got a score of 10. 🙁 Of the neighboring states only Colorado got a worse score. (15)
The shame!
February 19th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Utah got a zero! As far as I’m concerned that gives them the highest rating on RKBA I see. Maybe if the Brady folk were invited to leave the state as we have become tired of their prattle we can get a negative rating?
February 19th, 2010 at 6:46 pm
Louisiana (my home state) got two points. I love living in a gun free state!
February 20th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Hmmm. Indiana has 6. With any luck, that should get to 4 in the next few weeks, and maybe we can get it even lower someday. 6 is inexcusably high.
February 20th, 2010 at 8:59 am
NH comes up with a score of 9, I sure wish they would bring it down to at least a 5 by telling my employer and my school that they have no business regulating my ability to protect myself!
February 21st, 2010 at 9:00 pm
http://www.bradycampaign.org/stategunlaws/scorecard/ID
Idaho scores a disgusting 2 points because universities aren’t forced to allow guns on campus.
Not bad, but still room for improvement…
February 21st, 2010 at 10:15 pm
“Oklahoma got 2”
Go Pokes! If Campus Carry had passed then we would score a perfect 0!