States With More Guns Have More Homicides (2013)

TITLE:  States With More Guns Have More Homicides (2013)
NEWS URL (Live Science): http://www.livescience.com/39754-states-with-more-guns-have-more-homicides.html
SOURCE: American Journal of Public Health, November 2013, Vol. 103, No. 11, pp. 2098-2105. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409
JOURNAL URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409
AUTHORS: Michael Siegel, Craig S. Ross, and Charles King III.

FINDINGS: Gun ownership was a significant predictor of firearm homicide rates. States with higher rates of firearms in the home have disproportionately big numbers of gun-related homicides.

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