TITLE: Guns Don’t Deter Crime, Study Finds (2015)
by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor
by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor
DATE: 06 July 2015 Time: 09:42 AM ET
NEWS RELEASE URL: http://m.livescience.com/51446-guns-do-not-deter-crime.html?cmpid=514627_20150706_48708896&adbid=10152857235916761&adbpl=fb&adbpr=30478646760
JOURNAL URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091930
AUTHORS: Monuteaux MC, Lee LK, Hemenway D, Mannix R, Fleegler EW.FINDINGS: Higher ownership of guns in a state is linked to more firearm robberies, more firearm assaults and more homicide in general. Thus, More guns = more gun crime. This throws cold water on the idea that a well-armed populace deters criminals or prevents murders.
NEWS RELEASE URL: http://m.livescience.com/51446-guns-do-not-deter-crime.html?cmpid=514627_20150706_48708896&adbid=10152857235916761&adbpl=fb&adbpr=30478646760
JOURNAL URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091930
AUTHORS: Monuteaux MC, Lee LK, Hemenway D, Mannix R, Fleegler EW.FINDINGS: Higher ownership of guns in a state is linked to more firearm robberies, more firearm assaults and more homicide in general. Thus, More guns = more gun crime. This throws cold water on the idea that a well-armed populace deters criminals or prevents murders.
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