Editorial: A new report affirms what we already know: Easier access to guns means more violent deaths
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jun 04, 2018
2 minutes
Studies have proved what common sense has already told us: Places that have more and easier access to guns tend to have more gun deaths. Now a new report by the Violence Policy Center reaffirms a similar link between looser gun-control laws and gun-suicide rates.
It stands to reason that suicidal people with easy access to firearms will find it easier to kill themselves on the spur of the moment,
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