Stricter state gun laws are linked to safer high school experiences for students, new research has found. In a report published Thursday in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, researchers found that strengthening gun laws at the state level was associated ...
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Exposure An annual rating between 0 (completely restrictive) and 100 (completely permissive) for the gun laws of all 50 states taken from a reference guide for gun owners traveling between states from 1998 to 2015. Gun ownership was estimated annually as the percentage of suicides committed with...
skip to main content the looser a state's gun laws, the more mass shootings it has researchers have begun to see a trend: the rate of mass shootings is consistently much higher for places with fewer restrictions on guns. the country is splitting into the gun law-haves, and the gun law...
Gun rights advocates have argued that strict gun laws have failed to curb high murder rates in some cities, including Chicago and Washington, D.C. Fleegler said his study didn't examine city-level laws, while gun control advocates have said local laws aren't as effective when neighboring st...
Context.—Since 1989, several states have passed laws that make gun owners criminally liable if someone is injured because a child gains unsupervised access to a gun. These laws are controversial, and their effect on firearm-related injuries is unknown. ...
Except for lobbying, no associations were found between groups' use of advocacy tactics and their level of financial resources.Conclusions: Organizations advocating for state gun control laws have a varied tactical repertoire, with fewer using electioneering and litigation than other approaches. Financial...
This is a great book. So important to keep up on the laws and what is being taken away. California has so many gun laws this book just helps you understand what you needed to do or not do. Charles Sparks United StatesIf you own a gun in California this guide is invaluable. A very...
A three-judge panel has reinstated some key, but controversial parts of New York States gun laws. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that portions of the relatively new concealed carry license laws in the state can remain in place during the legal battle over them...
Compared with U.S. states with the strictest gun control legislation, gun deaths among children and teenagers are twice as common in states with the most lax gun laws, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.