Study: States with More Firearm Legislation Have Fewer Gun Deaths
States with more firearm laws tend to have the lowest rates of gun deaths, according to a study released Wednesday by Boston-based researchers,NBC News reports.
The researchers argue that their findings show that there is a role for more rigid gun-control legislation in America. By scoring individual states simply by the sheer volume of gun laws they have on the books, the researchers note that in states with the highest number of firearms measures, their rate of gun deaths is collectively 42 percent lower when compared to states with the fewest number of gun rules, NBC states. The study was published online in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal.