Unfortunately many of the politicians in our current government like to only believe the scientific evidence they like; no matter how clear the studies are.
So for those of us who believe in science and not lobbyists, a recent study was quite clear about gun laws and deaths from those weapons.
In JAMA Intern Med 2018 Mar 5, researchers found that states with the strictest laws had 50% less gun related homicides and suicides. Interestingly, proximity to a state with lax gun laws resulted in only a 25% decrease.
In Australia, which regulated automatic weapons following a massacre in 1996, the evidence is even stronger. Prior to 1996 there were 13 killings of 4 or more people in the 18 years previous. Since the new law - none. And gun related homicides dropped by over 50% to record low rates.
As Bob Dylan once said, "when will we ever learn?"
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