FBI , Justice dept . wikie . Sort by rate per state , vermont , most lax gun laws in the country . utah , scale over to DC with the strictest most gun deaths per capita than any state . there is no exact direct correlation by any measure of how ' strong ' gun control laws are , california , illinois , DC , have the strongest , states with the lowest control are near the lowest rate . At best it ' s safe to say gun control laws have no correlation . but it ' s pretty clear that those with higher gun control overall have higher rates . If you side with the ' there is no correlation ' you made the argument for lower gun control . What is most damning about gun control laws , is that every year the Brady foundation puts out a report card for each state , grading their gun control . They rate higher for higher control . yet they leave DC out of their reports LOL . They dont want too much press about the ' state ' with the highest control laws , whichwould get the highest score having the highest , BY FAR , gun murder rate . The US homicide rate is at a 51 year low , with more and more guns available than ever , so it is hard to argue guns cause more murders . This chart in this article might make gun control liberals bust a g a s k e t s t a f f m o r e g unslessgunviolencebetween 1993 and 2013