In what is being hailed as the most comprehensive study on the topic, Michael Siegel, Craig S. Ross, and Charles King III concluded the following when they looked at the relationship between gun ownership and firearm homicide rates in the U.S. from the years of 1981 to 2010:
"We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates. Although we could not determine causation, we found that states with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides."
Here we have yet another study which suggests that if we want to save lives, Congress should start passing stricter gun laws. How many more lives must be lost before Congress finally starts taking these lives and studies seriously enough to do something about it?
"A gun doesn't shoot someone; a person does."
No, a person with a gun shoots someone. The next time the NRA sees a person's finger shooting and killing somebody, have them give me a call.
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409
"We observed a robust correlation between higher levels of gun ownership and higher firearm homicide rates. Although we could not determine causation, we found that states with higher rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths from firearm-related homicides."
Here we have yet another study which suggests that if we want to save lives, Congress should start passing stricter gun laws. How many more lives must be lost before Congress finally starts taking these lives and studies seriously enough to do something about it?
"A gun doesn't shoot someone; a person does."
No, a person with a gun shoots someone. The next time the NRA sees a person's finger shooting and killing somebody, have them give me a call.
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409
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