Despite gun-control push, more states have cut back on gun regulations since Newtown

[Robb]

7. Oh, good lord what a cherry-picked number.

The story is a repack from the Wall Street Journal, who themselves notes in the small print:

Notes: Maps don't include vetoed bills. Bills that weaken gun restrictions include those that make gun-owner data confidential. Maps don't include bills that address some areas, like penalties for gun crimes.

So if a state votes to make its ownership data confidential, that counts as "pro gun."

And if a state votes to increase penalties for gun crimes, that doesn't count in the "pro regulation" category.

Neither do any of the recently vetoed bills -- like Utah's HB76, that would have eliminated the need for a permit to carry a concealed weapon, vetoed by the Governor.

The story also is also cleverly premature; it ignores Maryland's pending (as in, will be signed any day now) legislation, which will include some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation; it doesn't count bills in New Hampshire which are certainly likely to pass; to say nothing of a half-dozen bills in Oregon that are certainly going to go through.

But no, the "gun rights" folks are "winning."