States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study that suggests sheer quantity of measures might make a difference. [More]
Looks like bait and switch to me... They start out claiming numbers, but when it comes time to prove them, they smoothly, almost imperceptibly, shift over to rates.
A larger population can have vastly more actual deaths than a small population having many fewer deaths, but because of fewer overall people it would reflect a higher rate.
The other thing they don't is make any attempt to separate any demographics, so that suburban areas with high gun ownership rates by the generally law-abiding share in the collective "guilt" the "researchers" are trying to apportion with concentrated urban areas, where there may be a lot of gun possession (distinguished from ownership, which is a legal term) and where the vast majority of criminal abuse occurs, as evidenced by, say, Chicago, where they even prosecute people for not obeying unconstitutional "laws."
This looks to me like the same agenda-driven bureaucrats who want to use tax dollars to produce "studies" with foregone conclusions designed to "legitimize" citizen disarmament (the "dirty, deadly and banned" crowd) getting some useful amplification from their pals, the Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists. And once the talking points are out there, just hear those parrots squawk!