It should be stated that Texas has a higher death by firearm rate that both California and New York. There is actually a noticable trend of states with the loosest gun laws have more deaths by firearms.

StateMaster - Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 (most recent) by state

Washington DC is an obvious exception to my statement, but follow the list down. Arizona has very lax gun laws has three times the gun caused fatalities of New York.