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Mountain of evidence shows gun control doesn't work
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Jan 08, 2005 03:52pm |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Saturday, January 8, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Last month, the National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report on gun control laws. The big news is that the academy's panel couldn't identify any benefits of the decades-long effort to reduce crime and injury by restricting gun ownership. The only conclusion it could draw was: Let's study the question some more (presumably, until we find the results we want).
The academy, however, should believe its own findings. Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, a survey that covered 80 different gun control measures and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.
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