Gun Safety Policies Save Lives
Which states have the ideal laws to prevent gun violence?
We compared gun policy across the country, scoring every state on the strength of its gun laws and comparing it with its rate of gun violence. In states where elected officials have taken action to pass gun safety laws, fewer people die by gun violence. Choose a state to see how it stacks up on 50 key policies, or explore a policy to see how much of the country has adopted it.
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#1
California
California
#1 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 90.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 8
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#2
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
#2 for gun law strength
Up from #5 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 86.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 3.7
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#3
Illinois
Illinois
#3 for gun law strength
Down from #2 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 85.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.5
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#4
New York
New York
#4 for gun law strength
Down from #3 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 85
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.7
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#5
Connecticut
Connecticut
#5 for gun law strength
Down from #4 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 81.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 6.2
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#6
New Jersey
New Jersey
#6 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 80.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.6
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#7
Hawaii
Hawaii
#7 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 80
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.9
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#8
Maryland
Maryland
#8 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 78.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.3
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#9
Washington
Washington
#9 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 71.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13
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#10
Colorado
Colorado
#10 for gun law strength
Up from #12 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 67.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.6
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#11
Delaware
Delaware
#11 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 65
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12
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#12
Oregon
Oregon
#12 for gun law strength
Down from #10 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 65
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14.2
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#13
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
#13 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 60.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.8
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#14
Minnesota
Minnesota
#14 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 53.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 8.9
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#15
Virginia
Virginia
#15 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 49
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.8
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#16
New Mexico
New Mexico
#16 for gun law strength
Up from #17 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 42
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 25.3
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#17
Vermont
Vermont
#17 for gun law strength
Up from #18 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 41
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12
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#18
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
#18 for gun law strength
Down from #16 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 39.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.6
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#19
Nevada
Nevada
#19 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 37
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.4
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#20
Michigan
Michigan
#20 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 37
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.9
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#21
Florida
Florida
#21 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 28
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.7
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#22
Maine
Maine
#22 for gun law strength
Up from #25 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 27
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14
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#23
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
#23 for gun law strength
Down from #22 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 27
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.7
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#24
North Carolina
North Carolina
#24 for gun law strength
Down from #23 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 24.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.4
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#25
Nebraska
Nebraska
#25 for gun law strength
Down from #24 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 23.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 10.6
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#26
West Virginia
West Virginia
#26 for gun law strength
Up from #28 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 18.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.8
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#27
Indiana
Indiana
#27 for gun law strength
Up from #29 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 18
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.3
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#28
Iowa
Iowa
#28 for gun law strength
Up from #30 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 15
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 10.5
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#29
Tennessee
Tennessee
#29 for gun law strength
Up from #31 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 14
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 22
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#30
Ohio
Ohio
#30 for gun law strength
Up from #32 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 14
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 15
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#31
South Carolina
South Carolina
#31 for gun law strength
Down from #27 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 14
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 19.1
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#32
Texas
Texas
#32 for gun law strength
Up from #33 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 13.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14.9
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#33
Louisiana
Louisiana
#33 for gun law strength
Down from #26 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 12.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 28.3
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#34
Alabama
Alabama
#34 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 12
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 25.6
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#35
North Dakota
North Dakota
#35 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 11.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.8
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#36
Utah
Utah
#36 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 11
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14.8
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#37
Kansas
Kansas
#37 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.3
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#38
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
#38 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 9.6
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#39
Kentucky
Kentucky
#39 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.4
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#40
Alaska
Alaska
#40 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 23.5
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#41
Missouri
Missouri
#41 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 8
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.4
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#42
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
#42 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 7.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 19.9
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#43
Arizona
Arizona
#43 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 7.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.5
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#44
Wyoming
Wyoming
#44 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 6.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.5
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#45
South Dakota
South Dakota
#45 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 5.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.3
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#46
Georgia
Georgia
#46 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.6
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#47
Montana
Montana
#47 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.5
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#48
Arkansas
Arkansas
#48 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 4.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.9
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#49
Mississippi
Mississippi
#49 for gun law strength
Up from #50 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 4
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 29.4
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#50
Idaho
Idaho
#50 for gun law strength
Down from #49 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 3.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 17.9
State & Rank
Gun Law Strength
Composite score
Gun Violence Rate
Gun deaths per 100,000 residents
National Leaders
Making Progress
Missing Key Laws
Weak Systems
National Failures
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#1
Mississippi
Mississippi
#49 for gun law strength
Up from #50 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 4
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 29.4
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#2
Louisiana
Louisiana
#33 for gun law strength
Down from #26 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 12.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 28.3
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#3
Alabama
Alabama
#34 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 12
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 25.6
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#4
New Mexico
New Mexico
#16 for gun law strength
Up from #17 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 42
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 25.3
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#5
Alaska
Alaska
#40 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 23.5
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#6
Tennessee
Tennessee
#29 for gun law strength
Up from #31 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 14
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 22
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#7
Arkansas
Arkansas
#48 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 4.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.9
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#8
Wyoming
Wyoming
#44 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 6.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.5
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#9
Montana
Montana
#47 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.5
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#10
Missouri
Missouri
#41 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 8
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the highest
- 21.4
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#11
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
#42 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 7.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 19.9
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#12
South Carolina
South Carolina
#31 for gun law strength
Down from #27 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 14
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 19.1
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#13
Georgia
Georgia
#46 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.6
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#14
Arizona
Arizona
#43 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 7.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.5
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#15
Nevada
Nevada
#19 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 37
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.4
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#16
Kentucky
Kentucky
#39 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.4
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#17
Indiana
Indiana
#27 for gun law strength
Up from #29 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 18
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 18.3
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#18
Idaho
Idaho
#50 for gun law strength
Down from #49 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 3.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 17.9
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#19
West Virginia
West Virginia
#26 for gun law strength
Up from #28 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 18.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.8
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#20
Colorado
Colorado
#10 for gun law strength
Up from #12 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 67.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.6
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#21
North Carolina
North Carolina
#24 for gun law strength
Down from #23 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 24.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.4
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#22
Kansas
Kansas
#37 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Worse than average
- 16.3
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#23
Ohio
Ohio
#30 for gun law strength
Up from #32 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 14
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 15
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#24
Texas
Texas
#32 for gun law strength
Up from #33 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 13.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14.9
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#25
Utah
Utah
#36 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 11
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14.8
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#26
Oregon
Oregon
#12 for gun law strength
Down from #10 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 65
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14.2
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#27
Maine
Maine
#22 for gun law strength
Up from #25 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 27
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 14
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#28
Michigan
Michigan
#20 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 37
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.9
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#29
Virginia
Virginia
#15 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 49
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.8
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#30
Florida
Florida
#21 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 28
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.7
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#31
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
#18 for gun law strength
Down from #16 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 39.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.6
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#32
Illinois
Illinois
#3 for gun law strength
Down from #2 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 85.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13.5
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#33
Washington
Washington
#9 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 71.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 13
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#34
North Dakota
North Dakota
#35 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 11.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.8
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#35
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
#23 for gun law strength
Down from #22 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 27
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.7
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#36
Maryland
Maryland
#8 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 78.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.3
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#37
South Dakota
South Dakota
#45 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 5.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12.3
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#38
Delaware
Delaware
#11 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 65
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12
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#39
Vermont
Vermont
#17 for gun law strength
Up from #18 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 41
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 12
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#40
Nebraska
Nebraska
#25 for gun law strength
Down from #24 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 23.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 10.6
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#41
Iowa
Iowa
#28 for gun law strength
Up from #30 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Weak
- 15
- Gun Violence Rate
- Near average
- 10.5
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#42
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
#38 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the weakest
- 9.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 9.6
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#43
Minnesota
Minnesota
#14 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 53.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 8.9
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#44
California
California
#1 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 90.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 8
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#45
Connecticut
Connecticut
#5 for gun law strength
Down from #4 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 81.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Better than average
- 6.2
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#46
Hawaii
Hawaii
#7 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 80
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.9
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#47
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
#13 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Getting stronger
- 60.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.8
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#48
New York
New York
#4 for gun law strength
Down from #3 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 85
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.7
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#49
New Jersey
New Jersey
#6 for gun law strength
Same rank as last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 80.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 4.6
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#50
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
#2 for gun law strength
Up from #5 last year
- Gun Law Strength
- Among the strongest
- 86.5
- Gun Violence Rate
- Among the lowest
- 3.7
State & Rank
Gun Law Strength
Composite score
Gun Violence Rate
Gun deaths per 100,000 residents
If every state in the country had the gun death rates of our National Leaders, we could save 299,000 lives in the next decade.1Everytown Research analysis of CDC WONDER state gun death rates and Everytown Gun Law Rankings 2025. Each state’s baseline projection reflects the average annual crude gun death rate change it experienced from 2012 to 2023 (i.e., the decade prior, excluding 2020 and 2021 to avoid skewing projections with COVID-driven trends that are already reversing). This percent change was then applied to provisional 2023 data to project gun deaths over the next decade. To determine the lives that could be saved, researchers then subtracted from these projections the number of deaths that would have occurred had each state experienced the same (lower) average annual gun death rate and rate change as the National Leaders.
Gun laws work
When we compare the states head-to-head on the top 50 gun safety policies, a clear pattern emerges. States with strong laws see less gun violence. Indeed, the states that have failed to put basic protections into place—”national failures” on our scale—have a rate of gun deaths two and a half times higher than the states that are national gun safety leaders.
Strong Gun Laws, Fewer Deaths
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National Leaders
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Making Progress
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Missing Key Laws
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Weak Systems
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National Failures
The top 50 laws we focus on represent a wide range of interventions. Some block gun access by people who pose a threat with a firearm while others focus on limiting gun violence in public. Some seek to increase police accountability and protect civil rights, while another set targets bad actors in the gun industry.
All states should start with a core group of five foundational laws—passing background checks and/or purchase permitting, along with Extreme Risk laws and secure gun storage requirements; and rejecting Shoot First (also known as Stand Your Ground) and permitless carry laws. While each of the top 16 states in the gun law rankings has all five of these policies in place, only one of the bottom 18 states has even one of these critical protections.
The national gun safety landscape has seen states move in opposite directions in recent years. While all 11 states in our “making progress” tier have made significant additions to their firearm laws in recent years—with more than half adding several points to its gun law score—a whopping 28 states at the other end of the scale have made the dangerous decision to repeal their concealed carry permit requirements.
Our gun law rankings are a roadmap for how to build the ideal state system. They will walk you through the most important policies and help you compare these protections across the country.
Even the strongest system can’t protect a state from its neighbors’ weak laws
The rankings clearly show that gun laws save lives. But no state is an island (except Hawaii), and any state may be vulnerable if its neighbors fail to protect public safety. That’s how northeastern states with strong laws ended up victims of the infamous “iron pipeline,” the route traffickers use to bring guns up from southeastern states with weak laws. The evidence tells a simple story about porous borders: Out of all guns showing up at crime scenes after crossing state lines, nearly three out of four come from states that lack good background check laws.
Notable strong law states like Illinois and Maryland remain plagued with high gun violence in their biggest cities—in large part because they’re targeted by traffickers. Indeed an outsized share of likely trafficked crime guns recovered in Illinois begin their journey in states with weak laws. And Virginia, which had weak gun purchase laws until 2020, has long been the top supplier of crime guns into Maryland. At the other end of the scale, states like New Hampshire and Rhode Island have unusually low gun death rates compared with their somewhat weaker policies, in part because they are buffered by robust laws among other states in the region.
High gun ownership rates also play a role in strong states where deaths are higher
Access to a firearm drastically increases the likelihood of suicide and a gun in the home is associated with more gun homicide. Again, a state like Rhode Island has low gun violence relative to the strength of its laws—likely due in part to its very low gun ownership rate (it’s among the lowest in the nation). On the other hand, states like Nevada and New Mexico have higher rates of gun violence than their laws might suggest—perhaps in part as a result of above-average gun ownership.
It takes time for new laws to have an impact
Several states have had recent success passing strong policy—for example, Nevada added half of its gun law score and New Mexico added close to 50% of its score in the past several years. Both states enacted Extreme Risk, background check, secure storage, and domestic violence laws, with New Mexico also limiting qualified immunity, addressing the Charleston Loophole, and adding a waiting period, and Nevada tackling ghost guns and prohibiting bump stocks. Those states can hope to see newfound protection in the coming years—and more lives saved.
At the other end of the scale, Iowa repealed both its background check and carry permit laws in 2021, losing over 40% of its gun law score in one year, and in 2024 passed a dangerous law allowing teachers to carry guns into K-12 schools. This new, radical change in its score provides a partial and likely temporary explanation for its relatively low gun death rate. Iowans should be concerned about a future spike in violence.
Federal laws help prevent gun violence nationwide
All 50 states can rely on a backbone of federal laws to help keep guns out of the wrong hands. Yet the federal system is far too weak overall—for example, failing to require background checks on all gun sales and giving special legal immunity to the gun industry. State policymakers should protect their residents by filling the many gaps in federal law, and must also take action where state power is at its strongest, such as requiring a process for domestic abusers to turn in guns when they become prohibited from having them.
There’s work to do beyond strong state laws
By comparing state gun laws with gun violence outcomes, we see how critical it is to enact strong policy. But a caveat is required: There is necessary non-legislative gun safety work this site doesn’t show—including community-based violence intervention programs; regulatory efforts, funding campaigns, and on-the-ground implementation; local executive action and city and town ordinances; and responsible cultural norms around gun safety.
Where do we go from here?
A safer future is possible. Our gun law rankings show which states are ahead and which are behind, and provide a checklist for how to get there.