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States with tough gun laws have fewer shooting deaths: study
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"The harder states make it to get guns � like New York � the fewer people die because of them, a new analysis of firearm restrictions shows."
"New York State, with its relatively strict laws � restrictions that are even tougher in the five boroughs � had 4.2 gun deaths per capita in 2013, the third-fewest number of gun-related deaths nationwide, according to the National Journal�s study released Monday."
"It examined gun-related deaths of all types � from murders to suicides and accidental shootings � in the year 2013 and found �while it�s certainly true that a number of factors contribute to the high rates of gun violence in the U.S., a comparison of state laws versus rates of shooting deaths does show a correlation.�" ... |
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