We just released our 2025 Gun Law Rankings.

John, we just released our 2025 Gun Law Rankings.

Each year, Everytown Research analyzes 50 gun safety policies across the country, ranking every state based on the strength of its gun laws.

Once again, a clear pattern emerged: States with strong gun laws see less gun violence. How strong are District of Columbia's gun laws? See where it stacks up on our Gun Law Rankings.

A graphic showing the strong correlation between gun law strength and gun violence rate. California ranks #1 in the country for gun law strength at the top of the graph. White text on blue background reads: Strong gun laws save lives. We scored each state on the strength of its gun laws and compared that with its gun death rate. Source: Everytownresearch.org/rankings

Meanwhile, states that lack basic gun safety laws—the "national failures"—have a rate of gun violence two and a half times higher than the states that are national gun safety leaders.

Our gun law rankings are a roadmap for lawmakers to keep their communities safe: if every state had the gun death rates of the nine states with the strongest gun safety laws, 299,000 lives could be saved in the next decade.

So in 2025, we're doubling down on our work to pass and defend gun safety laws in state legislatures across the country.

Check out our 2025 gun law rankings to learn more about the state of gun violence in District of Columbia.

Sarah Burd-Sharps
She/Her/Hers
Senior Director of Research
Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (the "Everytown Support Fund") is the education, research, and litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with over eight million supporters. The Everytown Support Fund seeks to improve our understanding of the causes of gun violence and help to reduce it by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, communicating this knowledge to the American public, and advancing gun safety and gun violence prevention in communities and the courts. Learn more at www.everytownsupportfund.org. Contributions to Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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