The stronger a state's gun laws, the lower its rate of gun-related homicides and suicides

A state’s laws governing the sale, ownership and use of guns — or its lack of such laws — are a powerful influence on rates of suicide and of firearms-related homicide there, new research shows. A study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine finds that suicides carried out with... source: http://www.latimes.com/la-sci-sn-gun-laws-homicides-20180305-story.html #Headlines by: Melissa Healy

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