…they have been. A 2005 study by a taskforce appointed by the CDC did not find enough evidence to determine whether federal and state gun laws reduced gun-related violence and injuries….
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…50 people dead and another 53 injured on June 12, 2016. News organizations are hurrying to piece together what happened before and during the massacre and to confirm whether gunman…
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…the term “gun control” with a threat to their rights, whereas they might interpret “gun safety” differently — as the broad concept of avoiding gun accidents or mass shootings. Journalists…
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…gun-related homicide than those in the low-gun states, and 1.6 times more likely to die in a non-gun-related homicide. After controlling for rates of poverty, urbanization, unemployment, per capita alcohol…
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…(similar associations were found between percentage of gun ownership and prevalence of assault, robbery and gun robbery rates).” As a reflection of the impact of restrictive firearm regulations in Europe,…
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…2013 Pew Research Center report titled “Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak; Public Unaware” has more on the disjunction between public perception and reality. Keywords: guns, crime, law…
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…with respect to suicide rates were those that reduced overall gun availability, including permit requirements and bans on sales to minors. Gun control policies that tried to keep high risk…
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…him guilty. To remain viable the theory must jump through the hoop this test presents, but passage of the test still leaves the theory in limbo. 2. Smoking gun tests….
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…role of gun dealers and pawnbrokers in illegal weapons sales and statistics relating to youth and minorities involved in such violence. Keywords: guns, violence, shooting sprees, mass killings, Second…
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…training tools. Some writers have called violent video games “murder simulators.” Can violent games “train” a person to shoot a gun? There are theoretical reasons to believe they can. Participants…
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