"Study finds that 3 laws could reduce firearm deaths by 90%"

Study finds that 3 laws could reduce firearm deaths by 90%

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According to the study’s model, a federal law expanding background checks for all gun purchases could reduce the national gun death rate by 57%, lowering it from 10.35 to 4.46 per 100,000 people while background checks for all ammunition purchases could lower the rate by 81% to 1.99 per 100,000 and firearm identification could reduce it by 83% to 1.81 per 100,000. If the federal government implemented all three laws, the scholars predict that the overall national rate of firearm deaths would drop by over 90% to 0.16 per 100,000.

The study is not without criticism, though:

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Furthermore, in a related commentary renowned Prof. David Hemenway is somewhat less enthusiastic about the results, warning of statistical problems in the findings.

I don't personally have access to The Lancet, so I can't provide and direct quotes fro mthe study itself or Prof. Hemenway's commentary.

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