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• Aloisius 1y ago
  RAND did a decent review.[1] They do show supportive evidence of some gun laws having a meaningful effect on violent crime, so I'm not sure what they're referring to. For instance, it appears that child access prevention laws, specifically, are associated with a significant reduction in firearm homicides.[2] RAND does complain that there is insufficient or limited evidence in a lot of areas though, like effect on mass shootings. [1] https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/key-findings/what-science-tells-us-about-the-effects-of-gun-policies.html https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/key-findings/what-s... [2] https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/child-access-prevention/violent-crime.html https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/child-acce...