Just the facts.
From the CDC Mortality Statistics center.
Homicides in which a gun was used as the instrument:
2004(most recent year available)
Vermont, Virtually no gun laws, no permit required to own or carry, no waiting periods.....Just a simple quick call to the FBI to perform a background check.
2004 Firearm Homicides - 2 thats right.....TWO
Washington DC. All out handgun ban. No provision for carrying, near impossible to own, it is a de facto "Gun Free Zone"
2004 Firearm Homicides - 137
For those that blame the population sizes....VT has roughly 100,000 MORE people than the district of Columbia.
From the CDC Mortality Statistics center.
Homicides in which a gun was used as the instrument:
2004(most recent year available)
Vermont, Virtually no gun laws, no permit required to own or carry, no waiting periods.....Just a simple quick call to the FBI to perform a background check.
2004 Firearm Homicides - 2 thats right.....TWO
Washington DC. All out handgun ban. No provision for carrying, near impossible to own, it is a de facto "Gun Free Zone"
2004 Firearm Homicides - 137
For those that blame the population sizes....VT has roughly 100,000 MORE people than the district of Columbia.