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    Commentary: The data are in: Strong gun laws work

    by Devin Hughes and Mark Bryant, Los Angeles Times Feb 27, 2018 4 minutes

    The day after the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Fla., House Speaker Paul Ryan sounded a cautious note: "I think as public policy makers, we don't just knee-jerk before we even have all of the facts and the data."

    It's a common refrain from politicians opposed to strengthening gun laws: They use "lack of data" as a fig leaf for their inaction.

    But there is no lack of data. Our organizations, GVPedia and the Gun Violence Archive, have amassed the relevant research, facts and data - and it all points to the need

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