Coleman ,Madia. “Fact Sheet: Weak Gun Laws Are Driving Increases in Violent Crime.” Center for American Progress, 3 Nov. 2022, 

This article discusses the ratio of gun laws to violent crimes using guns. It shows a great relationship between states with strict gun laws and states without gun control. However, it states that states with close to no gun control laws show more freedom. They have significantly more mass shootings, gun-related homicides, and other gun-related crimes. It also shows that most of the people that commit those shootings are usually teenagers, so states with gun laws to raise the age of buying weapons to 21 or higher have less gun violence in general, so the author of this article recommends that all states should consider having at least some gun control laws to limit those crimes, mass shooting and ensure the safety of the American citizens after all is it worth it to have the freedom to own guns but, lose people every day to unnecessary gun violence. This article is really important for my final paper because it shows statistics of different states and their gun laws and how states with stricter gun control laws have better safety grades and less gun violence or shootings in general, overall this will strongly support my argument for strict gun laws are essential for our safety because it shows factual statistics.

• States that received an “F” grade based on the strength of their gun laws—according to the latest scorecard from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence—saw the highest homicide rates. (Colemaan)
• States that received an “F” grade from the Giffords Law Center²⁵ based on the strength of their gun laws saw higher rates of police officers fatally shot from 2017 to 2021. (Coleman)