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Gun Control & RKBA

petronius

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4. That section seemed like an odd choice to me as well. They include several thing

Reply to jmg257 (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 16, 2016, 09:00 PM

Nov 2016

in that category--"Child safety laws include requiring the sale of guns with mechanical trigger locks, mandating age restrictions for gun purchases, and Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws..."--but it seems like only the second would have a reasonable link to 'homicide' in particular.

I haven't looked closely, but I'd guess that at least some the original articles considered 'child safety' laws in the context of accident, injury, and homicide; this review focused only on the homicide part...

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Study: 2 gun-control laws really do lower homicides (3 others don't) [View all] petronius Nov 2016 OP

Glad to see this. It's time to give up on the 'punishing sinful behavior' approach to gun control... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2016 #1

Great Post !! beemer27 Nov 2016 #2

Laws designed to improve child safety don't lower homiide rates? Are accidental child shootings jmg257 Nov 2016 #3

That section seemed like an odd choice to me as well. They include several thing petronius Nov 2016 #4

Would encoding a driver's license or official I.D. as a means of "permitting" be Eleanors38 Nov 2016 #5

No. Kang Colby Nov 2016 #6