Author Topic: Your state's Brady rating (Read 8046 times)

Bob F. · « **on:** February 05, 2009, 06:32:57 PM »

Cursory seach didn't find anything! Mods can move or merge, of course.

Just heard on the news, my state(WV) is still only #44 on the Brady sh##list. Out of a hundred points we only got 2 for some BS and 2 for some cowcrap. Danged, breaks my heart!

Stay safe, and armed.

Bob

Nitrogen · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:20:21 PM »

If Texas gets a parking lot bill this term, we might slip lower Here's hoping.

wmenorr67 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:45:17 PM »

Oklahoma is tied for first (actually last in the Brady way of thinking) with only 2 points.

I heard California was last (first) with 79 points.

In my mind it is like golf and the lower the score the better right.

Josh Aston · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:49:57 PM »

Quote from: Nitrogen on February 05, 2009, 07:20:21 PM

If Texas gets a parking lot bill this term, we might slip lower Here's hoping.

Not much lower to go. Open Carry and the parking lot bill would get us in the negatives.

41magsnub · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2009, 07:58:44 PM »

They like Montana more than I would have thought.. we are only 31st. I thought we would do a lot better er. worse. er... screw it, you know what I mean.

Balog · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2009, 08:08:48 PM »

Anyone able to cut n' paste the list?

Regolith · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2009, 09:06:38 PM »

IIRC, Oregon (the state I live in while I got to college) got a D or a C- from the Brady Bunch, and Nevada (the state in which I have my official residency) was ranked about the same. Can't remember what their exact rankings were, but somewhere in the 30s or 40s.

Grandpa Shooter · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2009, 09:38:13 PM »

Here is the complete list. My state is 36th. I am disappointed!

2008
Brady Campaign State Scorecard Rankings
RANK STATE POINTS
1 CALIFORNIA 79
2 NEW JERSEY 63
T-3 CONNECTICUT 54
T-3 MASSACHUSETTS 54
5 MARYLAND 53
6 NEW YORK 51
7 RHODE ISLAND 47
8 HAWAII 43
9 ILLINOIS 28
10 PENNSYLVANIA 26
T-11 DELAWARE 22
T-11 MICHIGAN 22
13 NORTH CAROLINA 20
T-14 OREGON 18
T-14 VIRGINIA 18
T-14 WASHINGTON 18
T-17 COLORADO 16
T-17 IOWA 16
19 ALABAMA 15
20 OHIO 13
T-21 MAINE 12
T-21 WISCONSIN 12
T-23 MINNESOTA 11
T-23 NEVADA 11
T-23 NEW HAMPSHIRE 11
26 NEBRASKA 10
T-27 SOUTH CAROLINA 9
T-27 TEXAS 9
T-27 VERMONT 9
T-27 WYOMING 9
T-31 INDIANA 8
T-31 MONTANA 8
T-33 GEORGIA 7
T-33 KANSAS 7
T-33 TENNESSEE 7
T-36 ARIZONA 6
T-36 ARKANSAS 6
T-36 FLORIDA 6
T-36 IDAHO 6
T-36 NEW MEXICO 6
T-36 SOUTH DAKOTA 6
42 MISSISSIPPI 5
T-43 ALASKA 4
T-43 MISSOURI 4
T-43 NORTH DAKOTA 4
T-43 UTAH 4
T-43 WEST VIRGINIA 4
T-48 KENTUCKY 2
T-48 LOUISIANA 2
T-48 OKLAHOMA 2
www.BradyCampaign

Manedwolf · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2009, 09:53:36 PM »

Hey! How did Texas fail worse than my state? We have open carry here and no qualification for CCW!

We need to fail better! Stupid Bradyites! We want to horrify them!

Lennyjoe · « **Reply #9 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:17:30 PM »

I figured Arizona would be lower with open carry, gunshows every weekend and to legally CCW a bazooka if you could conceal it :)

Nitrogen · « **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:19:44 PM »

Quote from: Manedwolf on February 05, 2009, 09:53:36 PM

Hey! How did Texas fail worse than my state? We have open carry here and no qualification for CCW!

We need to fail better! Stupid Bradyites! We want to horrify them!

Texas needs to get rid of CAP as well as pass a parking lot bill.
The Bradys are wrong, it is legal to sell guns to someone under 21, but due to federal law, you cant get one from an FFL. If we had guns on campus, we'd probably be the lowest state.

I wonder if we could sell that to Rick Perry...

DJJ · « **Reply #11 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:53:34 PM »

I wonder how New Mexico got 6? We have open carry, shall-issue concealed, no state-level gun control, full auto is legal, vehicles are considered "homes" (legally, that is, though many take it literally), so guns in cars are no problem, plus we have preemption that's actually respected and enforced. How else could we do "worse"?

Edit: all I had to do was look. We "pass" on "Gun Manufacturer Accountability": "State law allows cities and local governments to take legal action to hold gun manufacturers accountable if they act irresponsibly in the way they design, market or distribute weapons. Gun manufacturers can be held legally accountable, just like the makers of every other product."

Also interesting: look at the "high profile shootings map". Most of those shootings took place in the northeast and west coast. Might be illuminating to correlate the locations of all those shootings with the score of their respective states; get an average score for a "high profile shooting state" vs. a "no high profile shootings state", or plot "number of high profile shootings vs. score".

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #12 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:54:29 PM »

If/when Wisconsin gets CCW, that should put us in the bottom 10.

Regolith · « **Reply #13 on:** February 05, 2009, 10:59:02 PM »

Hmm...Oregon and Nevada are much higher than I thought they were. Not good. Then again, the Brady Bunch seem to have a real asinine way of grading things, and they don't seem to completely understand the laws they're trying to grade.

Bob F. · « **Reply #14 on:** February 05, 2009, 11:26:30 PM »

Our 4 points were 2 for no on-campus carry and 2 for no workplace carry. I don't thinkl there's specific bans, just not a gaurantee under the law.

Also, Nevada rates #1 w/ Brady but has the worst crime rate according to what I've read elsewhere.

Bob

Teknoid · « **Reply #15 on:** February 05, 2009, 11:26:54 PM »

I love Kentucky! It's nice to be last, sometimes.

Regolith · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2009, 12:29:46 AM »

Quote from: Bob F. on February 05, 2009, 11:26:30 PM

Our 4 points were 2 for no on-campus carry and 2 for no workplace carry. I don't thinkl there's specific bans, just not a gaurantee under the law.

Also, Nevada rates #1 w/ Brady but has the worst crime rate according to what I've read elsewhere.

Bob

That's California. Nevada is ranked #23, and the crime rate isn't that high.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2009, 01:00:11 AM »

Ha-ha! Missouri beats Alaska, Texas, Vermont, New Hampshire! Lucky 7!

Or maybe we tied with Alaska. What the hay?

Ryan in Maine · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2009, 01:03:09 AM »

Quote from: Grandpa Shooter on February 05, 2009, 09:38:13 PM

2008
Brady Campaign State Scorecard Rankings
RANK STATE POINTS

T-21 MAINE 12

www.BradyCampaign

You know, I'm pretty happy with our score/situation here. We have pretty relaxed gun laws being such a low population/rural state, but our score is just good enough for us to be pretty much left alone by the anti-gun crowds.

Matthew Carberry · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2009, 03:24:32 AM »

Quote from: Mr. Tactical pants on February 06, 2009, 01:00:11 AM

Ha-ha! Missouri beats Alaska, Texas, Vermont, New Hampshire! Lucky 7!

Or maybe we tied with Alaska. What the hay?

They have us ranked wrong last I checked.

They can't even figure out how many laws we have or don't have that they don't like.

DJJ · « **Reply #20 on:** February 06, 2009, 08:19:38 AM »

Quote from: Ryan in Maine on February 06, 2009, 01:03:09 AM

You know, I'm pretty happy with our score/situation here. We have pretty relaxed gun laws being such a low population/rural state, but our score is just good enough for us to be pretty much left alone by the anti-gun crowds.

Don't talk that way - they want to control the terms, as in "strong" vs. "weak" gun laws. I say we here in NM have strong gun laws, in that they strongly protect the RKBA.

K Frame · « **Reply #21 on:** February 06, 2009, 09:58:08 AM »

Pennsylvania is 10th and Virginia is 14th?

I DEMAND A RECOUNT!

Ben · « **Reply #22 on:** February 06, 2009, 10:03:59 AM »

On behalf of all normal Californians, I apologize for our rank... :(

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #23 on:** February 06, 2009, 10:26:39 AM »

It's good to be an OKIE!

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There are several bills in our legislature this year that if passed (unlikely though) should give us a negative brady rating.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 06, 2009, 11:46:56 AM »

Quote from: Nitrogen on February 05, 2009, 10:19:44 PM

Texas needs to get rid of CAP as well as pass a parking lot bill.
The Bradys are wrong, it is legal to sell guns to someone under 21, but due to federal law, you cant get one from an FFL. If we had guns on campus, we'd probably be the lowest state.

I wonder if we could sell that to Rick Perry...

Carry on college campus is on the agenda for this current session of the legislature. I figure it has a better chance of passing than the Open Carry proposal. I think Open Carry will take a couple tries before it passes.

I am upset that Texas is only -27. I guess I need to jump on the TSRA to try harder.

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Author Topic: Your state's Brady rating (Read 8046 times)