Lessons in Gun Control From California

<p>As a proportion of its population, California has one of the lowest rates of gun deaths in the United States — 8.5 per 100,000 people, compared with 13.7 nationally.</p><p>How did the state get that way?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/shawn-hubler?smid=pc-thedaily">Shawn Hubler</a>, a California correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Californians are about 25 percent less likely to die in mass shootings, compared with residents of other states, according to a recent study. In a newsletter this week, the Times correspondent Shawn Hubler looked into<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/us/california-gun-laws.html"> how and why gun laws there work</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit </p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a></p><p>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>