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Sunday, June 5th, 2022

Blue states are responding to Uvalde

Author:     Nicole Narea
Source:     Vox
Publication Date:     Jun 3, 2022 | 12:30pm EDT
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Stephan:   Here is some good news, for Blue states, at least, although a further indication of The Great Schism Trend. I have been following the state responses to the mass killings and it is very marked. Blue states tighten gun laws at the state level. Red states further loosen them, still operating, against all evidence, that good guys with guns is the way to stop bad guys with guns. The social outcome data makes it clearer with each passing year, that Red states are sinking further and further into dysfunction, while it is just the reverse for Blue states, which are fostering wellbeing.
Students participate in a school walk-out and protest in front of City Hall to condemn gun violence, in Los Angeles, California, on May 31, 2022.
 Ringo Chiu / AFP / Getty 

While Senate Democrats attempt to reach a long-shot compromise on gun legislation, blue states are taking their own steps to respond to the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, Uvalde, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma.

New York became the first to pass a slate of new gun control bills before the end of its legislative session on Thursday. California, New Jersey, and Delaware also have legislation in the pipeline.

These states, where Democrats have trifecta control of government, already have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. Soon, they’ll likely have even stronger laws, which should mean less gun violence: States with tougher gun laws have lower rates of gun-related homicides and suicides, according to a January study by the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety.

While blue states typically see limiting access to guns as the key to reducing gun violence, […]

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