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Tough gun laws keep more hands off the trigger: study
Debate over the value of tough state gun control laws has reached a fever pitch following last month's deadly shooting of 17 people at a Florida high school.
Mar 5, 2018
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Young Americans support gun regulation but not ban
Teens and young adults support gun regulation, but not necessarily the ban of all guns, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers published this week in JAMA Pediatrics.
Jul 31, 2018
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Gun deaths twice as high among African-Americans as white citizens in US
Gun deaths are twice as high among African-Americans as they are among white citizens in the US, finds a study of national data, published in the online journal BMJ Open. But the national figures, which have remained relatively ...
Sep 18, 2014
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Do more gun laws mean fewer gun deaths?
(HealthDay)—States with the strongest gun laws have fewer gun-related suicides and murders, a new study suggests.
Mar 6, 2013
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States with more gun laws have lower youth gun violence, study finds
Gun violence among children is lower in states with more gun laws, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Feb 4, 2021
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US regions with lax gun control laws bear brunt of firearm injury costs
US regions with lax gun control laws are bearing the brunt of firearm injury costs, with tax- funded dollars providing almost half of the total, finds research published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care ...
May 2, 2022
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Gun laws stopped mass shootings in Australia—new research
The odds of a 22-year absence of mass shootings in Australia since 1996 gun reforms being due to chance are one in 200,000, new research reveals.
Mar 12, 2018
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Team finds universal background checks lower homicide rates
First-ever side-by-side comparison of state gun laws finds states with universal background checks for all gun sales had homicide rates 15 percent lower than states without such laws.
Mar 28, 2019
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More mental health care alone will not stop gun violence
Gun violence remains a highly controversial issue in the wake of school shootings in Parkland, Florida, and other communities. At such times, politicians seem compelled to offer the public solutions.
Jun 19, 2018
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Gun laws requiring domestic abusers to surrender firearms could save lives
The mass shooting in Plano, Texas, this month was the deadliest of 2017. It also fit a pattern: The shooter had targeted his estranged wife and her friends and family—and had a history of intimate partner violence (IPV).
Sep 18, 2017
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