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WIRED Aug. 6, 2019

The Looser a State's Gun Laws, the More Mass Shootings It Has

by Megan Molteni

Researchers have begun to see a trend: The rate of mass shootings is consistently much higher for places with fewer restrictions on guns.

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BMJ MARCH 6, 2019

State gun laws, gun ownership, and mass shootings in the US: cross sectional time series

PM Reeping et al

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 per …

Am J Public Health APRIL 16, 2015

The Association Between State Laws Regulating Handgun Ownership and Statewide Suicide Rates

MD Anestis et al

The results are thus supportive of the potential of handgun legislation to have an impact on suicide rates.

JAMA Intern Med MAY 13, 2013

Firearm legislation and firearm-related fatalities in the United States

EW Fleegler et al

A higher number of firearm laws in a state are associated with a lower rate of firearm fatalities in the state, overall and for suicides and homicides individually. As ou …

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