new gun laws in the past year nationwide

[philo]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...s-enacted-in-the-year-since-newtown.html?_r=0

surprisingly straightforward primarily chart/table presentation

 

[Maximinus Thrax]

Very cool chart, thanks for posting!

Many of the new laws are very predictable considering where they were enacted...

 

[Scuba591]

Nice find. Thanks for posting.

 

[BogWalker]

Wait, so we're actually getting more laws in our favor than against us? Very surprising.

 

[danmdevries]

There's some errors in the chart. For example, under "mental health" North Carolina gets a green (strengthens gun owners rights) for "Requires submission of mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System." but New Jersey gets an orange "removes gun owners rights" for "Requires the submission of certain mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System."

 

[JettaKnight]

There's some errors in the chart. For example, under "mental health" North Carolina gets a green (strengthens gun owners rights) for "Requires submission of mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System." but New Jersey gets an orange "removes gun owners rights" for "Requires the submission of certain mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System."

Yeah, the choice of green/red is subjective.
Is this pro/anti gun: "Prohibits convicted felons from possessing ammunition."??

Also, didn't hunting with silencers get passed in this time frame? Perhaps that's considered a hunting law, not gun control.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I was cross-referencing the laws with guys who love to play "gotcha game" on youtube...

remember this one (Maine)?

[video=youtube;jfdEbe7e9GE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfdEbe7e9GE[/video]

Well, now Maine: Makes it a crime to possess firearms in public and refuse to provide information at the request of law enforcement officers.

At 600K views, I have a hard time not thinking this vid was shown to many a legislator.

 

[Scutter01]

I was cross-referencing the laws with guys who love to play "gotcha game" on youtube...

remember this one (Maine)?

At 600K views, I have a hard time not thinking this vid was shown to many a legislator.

I'm very pro-OC, but the guy in this video is just trolling cops. Trolling cops is not helpful and wastes everyone's time. I'd rather have our guys out doing police work than dealing with this sort of foolishness.

 

[JettaKnight]

Well, now Maine: Makes it a crime to possess firearms in public and refuse to provide information at the request of law enforcement officers.

At 600K views, I have a hard time not thinking this vid was shown to many a legislator.

Looks like it was vetoed, but your point is well taken. Trolls rarely think out the consequences of their actions and operate in a vacuum.

 

[bradmedic04]

Guys like that bug me. Sure, he was in the right but he was a bit uncouth.

Back to the OP..... good info, though somewhat surprising coming from the NYT.

 

[rugertoter]

Thanks for posting that Philo, that was interesting.