US Study Finds Gun Ownership and Homicide Link

US Study Finds Gun Ownership and Homicide Link
WASHINGTON – Researchers in the United States claim to have established a convincing statistical link between gun ownership and homicide, according to a study published on Thursday. The study, which appears in the American Journal of Public Health, challenges the National Rifle Association’s claim that increased gun ownership does not lead to higher levels of gun violence. Covering 30 years from 1981 and all 50 US states, it determined that for every one percentage… [News24 (Cape Town), via GunPolicy.org]