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by ShrimpHawk 397 days ago
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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-s...

[2] https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/child-acce...