Not surprisingly, the states that the study found to be least free overall and least free in terms of personal freedom have what the Brady Campaign considers the best combination of gun laws. California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New York -- the only states to which the Brady Campaign gave passing grades in its gun control "scorecard" last month -- are among the five least free states overall, and among the 10 least free states in terms of personal freedom in the Mercatus Center study.
At the other end of the freedom spectrum, the six most free states overall, and six of the most free states in terms of personal freedom, according to the Mercatus study, got 10 or fewer points in the Brady Campaign's 100-point gun control grading system.
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