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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