'Guns do not make a nation safer,' say doctors

Chris Engel 9/18/136:12 PM

"A new study reports that countries with lower gun ownership are safer than those with higher gun ownership, debunking the widely quoted hypothesis that guns make a nation safer. Researchers evaluated the possible associations between gun ownership rates, mental illness, and the risk of firearm-related death by studying the data for 27 developed countries. Their findings are published in the current issue of The American Journal of Medicine...."

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-guns-nation-safer-doctors.html

Bangalore & Messerli. (2013). "Gun Ownership and Firearm-related Deaths." The American Journal of Medicine. Abstract.

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