November 26, 2013 In the News

Policy Mic: These Maps Debunk Everything the NRA Has Told Us About Guns

Brian Frydenborg writes on Policy Mic:

Yes, people kill people. But guns make a huge difference in how many people get killed.

Like any dangerous product — cars, airplanes, explosives — sensible regulation of guns clearly plays a positive role in reducing both misuse of this product and the number of deaths resulting from such misuse.

The map itself was part of a scholarly study by researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and published this March in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Read the whole post here.