2005 Brady Grades Are Out. What's Your Report Card Say?

[TF_FH]

As desolate and boring as New Mexico is....

F

Now my home state of New Jersey...
A-

New Mexico isn't too bad...

 

[Indy7373]

All right, lets here it for FLorida

 

[Dwimmerlaik]

I would like to take the occasion of my first post to simply say...

God bless Texas!

My wife and I moved here 2 years ago from the people's republic of Illinois. We live on a beautiful farm with 30 acres of heaven for my wife's horses and my shooting pleasure. I can conceal carry. I can buy as many guns and as much ammo as I can afford with no restrictions. My concealed carry permit excludes me from NICS and, of course, there are no waiting periods. If you live in a state with a grade of D or better (or should I say worse?) you have my sympathy. I encourage you to consider planning your escape now.

 

[V4Vendetta]

North Carolina's got a C. :banghead: This is just wrong. I want to move to Alaska.

 

[MS .45]

Mississippi gets an F. SWEET!

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Colorado gets a D.

I love this outright lie:

Colorado - State law forces police to let almost anyone carry a concealed handgun in public, posing a dangerous threat to police and public safety.

 

[Kurt_M]

Grrr, PA got a D+. If we didn't register handguns we'd likely have an F+ or F-. I'll throw a party if that ever happens.

 

[Dogmatix]

YAH MONTANA!!

F here dudes! I love my state!

 

[MatthewVanitas]

I love reading between the lines:

After listing out specific concrete setbacks to gun control in several states, the Bradys came out with this list of positive signs.

That’s the bad news - but there are positive signs popping up across America like spring blossoms: <---don't let undergrad interns write press statements!

In some key political battleground states, like Illinois, Colorado, and Maryland courageous elected leaders and gun violence prevention advocates have challenged the gun lobby and intend to run for office as aggressive supporters of sensible gun laws designed to protect families and children.

At least four states are considering state-level assault weapons bans to help assuage the dangers created by the sunset of the Federal ban in September 2004.

Other states like California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington state and Illinois are considering measures to stem the tide of illegal guns in their state. These measures will help police solve gun crimes, will hold gun stores accountable and will ensure that guns don’t get into the hands of convicted felons, terrorists, and teenagers.

Gun violence prevention advocates and leaders in major urban areas - New York, Boston, Hartford, Philadelphia, Columbus, Detroit, Seattle and Los Angeles, among others - are ramping up the pressure on state legislatures to help them fight the easy availability of guns to prohibited purchasers, including youth.

 

[boofus]

Lemme translate their stupid mish-mash:

The Brady Campaign intends to help the Democrat Party piss away more votes in the 2006 and 2008 elections. We intend to hawk our ineffective gun bans until the Republicans control the White House, Senate, House, and are in power long enough to nominate 9 Supreme Court Justices.

 

[el44vaquero]

"D- Oklahoma?! That's it get to your room and think about what you did!"

Although only three yes marks we have restricts juveniles under 18 from possessing any firearm without parental permission or authorized supervision. Also about no carry zones including schools. Not too bad and one that I can be happy to live with. Now all we need is the "Stand Your Ground Law" passed.

 

[waterhouse]

Only the Brady campaign would separate the F category into + and -.

Now I need to write my brother in Jersey and brag a little.

 

[cosine]

Wisconsin - C+

I think that's better than it was before, because IIRC a couple of years ago Wisconsin got an A-.

 

[bg]

My state, Corruptfornia gets a whopping A-. Never been so
ashamed to have such a high score in all my days.

 

[scout26]

Here's the breakdown: (DC came up as not found, but I would imagine that it would get at least an A from the Brady's.)

0 - A+
0 - A
7 - A-
1 - B+
0 - B
2 - B-
2 - C+
2 - C
4 - C-
6 - D+
9 - D
7 - D-
3 - F+
7 - F
0 - F-

Still too many A-'s.

It would be an interesting study to compare the per capita violent crime rates* in the A- states to the per captia violent crime rates of the D- states

* Rape, Armed Robbery, Murder

 

[High Planes Drifter]

Louisiana F . We even got Extra Dimerits for this:

Prohibits local government lawsuits against gun industry.

Yeah Buddy!!

 

[merk]

http://www.bradycenter.org/game/



Anybody find that game disgusting. Along with the rest of that site?

Tennessee - D+. Ive never said this before, but I wished to hell we would have gotten an F.

 

[XDKingslayer]

F is for Florida!

WOOHOO!

 

[crazed_ss]

What a suprise... A-

http://www.bradycenter.org/game/



Anybody find that game disgusting. Along with the rest of that site?

I was playing soccer with some mean kids.. we beat them and one of those raises up his shirt and has a pistol in his waistband.
The game gave me to the choice "Grab the gun" .. I failed the game.. I by selecting that option.

 

[V4Vendetta]

I have a question. Is land in Texas really expensive? I might like to buy some land in a state with a D rating or lower.

 

[DirksterG30]

My home state, PA, got a D+; guess we'll have to try harder.

 

[tellner]

Only a C- for Oregon. We've still got some work to do.

 

[ElTacoGrande]

Oh, California! The humiliation! And it might be getting even worse!

Btw, some of the criteria that move a state between D and F are meaningless. For example, TX has a training requirement for CCW. That's really not a bad thing. F status is really not any better than D status. But A status, that is something to be truly ashamed of.

Oh, by their criteria, Washington DC would surely have an A, and also an A for the highest murder rate in the US.

 

[svtruth]

What is the change

from last year?
Rhode Island got a B-, but getting an A for juvenile access restriction is not too onerous.

 

[ScottS]

D- for New Hampshire! Gah...need to get that back to an F!

There's some wrong on there, too. Some BS about "ballistic fingerprinting of guns required previous to sale: partial"....Um... no? I've never heard of anything like that, here!

We were robbed! The ballistic fingerprinting" score gives partial credit for this:

BALLISTIC FINGERPRINTING
Must handguns be ballistic fingerprinted prior to sale? Partial

No Information Available

So they give you "partial credit" if there is NO information available! What a rip! We deserve our F, dammit!

Tell me this doesn't warm the cockles of your heart:

From 2004 to 2005, only four states changed their “grade” - and three of those grade changes were demotions. And most state legislatures are currently considering firearm related legislation - but the majority of legislation are bills pushed by the gun lobby that threaten to increase firearm violence rather than decrease it.