Research

Research: Gun Laws Save Lives.
Every year Griffin Dix and Loren Lieb update their comparison of rates of firearm mortality in California and the rest of the nation. As their California coalition passed many laws regulating firearms the state’s gun death rate declined.

California: Strong Gun Laws Save Lives, 1 pg, 2023.
This page compares the annual rates of firearm mortality in California and the rest of the U.S., 1980-2021.

California: Strong Gun Laws Save Lives, 5 pg, 2023.
This report includes comparisons of the annual rates of firearm homicide and firearm suicide in California and the rest of the U.S., 1980-2021.

Brady California.
Click on LEARN THE FACTS! for a one-page and a five-page report comparing annual firearm mortality rates in California vs. the “Rest of the U.S.” As California enacted more laws regulating firearms, its annual rate of firearm mortality declined. The five-page report shows rates of gun homicide and rates of gun suicide, in addition to total firearm mortality rates.