Alabama has some of the weakest gun laws in the country and the fourth-highest gun death rate. Lawmakers must stop disregarding the safety of their constituents and take action.
The state lacks many basic gun safety laws and has not enacted meaningful gun safety legislation recently. In 2024, Alabama had the fourth highest gun death rate among the states. In an average year, 1,248 people die from gun violence in Alabama. That means someone dies from gun violence in Alabama every seven hours. Forty-eight percent of these deaths are due to gun suicide and 49% are due to gun homicide. In Alabama, the rate of gun deaths increased 21% from 2015 to 2024, compared to a 15% increase nationwide.
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