“Do gun laws reduce gun deaths?” In a word, yes. In the past, there was little evidence on the connections between firearm laws and gun violence. But over the past several years, despite a ban on federally funded gun violence research, researchers have assembled and analyzed data to draw some significant conclusions. In 2017, a study published in the Journal
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Hi, I’m Beth Joslin Roth and I’m the Policy Director for The Safe Tennessee Project. First, I’d like to thank Senator Kyle for convening this Town Hall and for taking on this very important issue. And, I’d also like to thank the other panelists for their involvement and to all of you who have come out tonight to look for
Read morefrom Jordan Buie at The Tennessean Just days before the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings and Exhibits in Nashville, a D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for gun control released an analysis Tuesday that said the state’s gun deaths surpassed motor vehicle deaths in 2013. The Violence Policy Center said Tennessee shares this distinction with 16 other states, along with the District
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