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States with stricter gun control regulations have fewer mass shootings: study
BY JOHN BOWDEN at the Hill
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/433017-states-with-stricter-gun-control-regulations-have-fewer-mass
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States with stricter gun laws and lower rates of gun ownership in general saw a lower rate of mass shootings between 1998 and 2015 than did other jurisdictions where gun laws were more relaxed, according to a new study.
A study published in The BMJ found a significantly higher rate of mass shootings and other gun crimes in states that had higher rates of gun ownership among the population.
"States with more permissive gun laws and greater gun ownership had higher rates of mass shootings, and a growing divide appears to be emerging between restrictive and permissive states," the study concluded.
"A 10% increase in state gun ownership [in a state] was associated with a significant 35.1% higher rate of mass shootings," the study said.
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BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,757 posts)And theyll likely ignore the facts.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,902 posts)It's kind of like how countries with strict limitations on who can own guns likewise have few or no mass shootings. I can't begin to figure out how that squares with the claim that guns make us safer. What am I missing?
applegrove
(118,808 posts)have fewer shootings. Some shootings for sure. But free healthcare too goes a long way to mitigate massacres.