{"id":14920,"date":"2013-12-13T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T12:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/chart-of-the-week-most-new-gun-laws-since-newtown-ease-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:25:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:25:33","slug":"chart-of-the-week-most-new-gun-laws-since-newtown-ease-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/12\/13\/chart-of-the-week-most-new-gun-laws-since-newtown-ease-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Chart of the Week: Most new gun laws since Newtown ease restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2013\/12\/10\/us\/state-gun-laws-enacted-in-the-year-since-newtown.html?_r=0\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f1ed\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f1ed;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"196\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" class=\"wp-image-27338 not-transparent\" alt=\"gunlaws\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png 492w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png?resize=300,120 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png?resize=200,80 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png?resize=260,104 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png?resize=310,123 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png?resize=420,167 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png?resize=160,64 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/gunlaws.png?resize=320,127 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the immediate aftermath of last year&#8217;s school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, majorities of Americans favored several proposals to tighten rules on who could buy guns and what types of guns and ammunition they could buy, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2013\/01\/14\/in-gun-control-debate-several-options-draw-majority-support\/\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. But in the year since Newtown, no new gun-control measures have passed Congress, and most new state laws have loosened, rather than tightened, gun restrictions.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chart above, compiled by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2013\/12\/10\/us\/state-gun-laws-enacted-in-the-year-since-newtown.html?_r=0\">The New York Times<\/a>, summarizes 109 state-level gun statutes enacted since Newtown. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2013\/12\/10\/us\/state-gun-laws-enacted-in-the-year-since-newtown.html?_r=0\">accompanying interactive<\/a> provides a state-by-state rundown on legislative activity regarding ten different categories of laws (some statutes cover more than one category).<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2013\/12\/10\/us\/state-gun-laws-enacted-in-the-year-since-newtown.html?_r=0\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f4f5f4\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f5f4;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"418\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-27344 not-transparent\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-12-12 at 4.59.16 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png 753w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=300,167 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=730,405 730w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=200,111 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=260,144 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=310,172 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=420,233 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=640,355 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=740,411 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=160,89 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-12-at-4.59.16-PM.png?resize=320,178 320w\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, all but one of the 29 new state laws addressing gun permits (partially shown in the screen capture above) made those rules looser; all\u00a022 laws addressing when guns can be carried in public loosened restrictions. On the other side of the debate, 15 of 17 laws sought to make it harder for mentally ill people to buy guns; 12 of 14 laws tightened rather than loosened rules regarding background checks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the year since the Newtown school shootings, most new state gun laws have loosened rather than tightened 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