http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/sunday-review/more-guns-more-killing.html?hpw
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Scientific studies have consistently found that places with more guns
have more violent deaths, both homicides and suicides. Women and
children are more likely to die if there’s a gun in the house. The more
guns in an area, the higher the local suicide rates. “Generally, if you
live in a civilized society, more guns mean more death,” said David
Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. “There
is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at all.”
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After a gruesome mass murder in 1996 provoked public outrage, Australia
enacted stricter gun laws, including a 28-day waiting period before
purchase and a ban on semiautomatic weapons. Before then, Australia had
averaged one mass shooting a year. Since, rates of both homicide and
suicide have dropped 50 percent, and there have been no mass killings,
said Ms. Peters, who lobbied for the legislation.
