Nevada gun shows tied to firearm violence in California: study

Dan Whitcomb at Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-study/nevada-gun-shows-tied-to-firearm-violence-in-california-study-idUSKBN1CS2P8

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The research could help prevent gun deaths by charting a pattern between where weapons are purchased at gun shows and where shootings take place, according to the authors.

The study, which was partly funded by the National Institutes of Health, examined firearm injury rates before and after California and Nevada gun shows between 2005 and 2013 in areas of California near the shows.

Researchers found that rates of firearm injuries were steady after California gun shows but increased significantly, from 0.67 to 1.14 per 100,000 people, in California regions near the Nevada shows.

The authors of the study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, say California’s stricter gun regulations could help explain why there was an increase after Nevada gun shows and not California shows.

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