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September 17, 2013

Report: Gun Ownership Linked to Firearm Homicide Rates 
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The D.C. Navy Yard shooting comes just after a major report on gun
ownership in the United States confirmed the link between firearm
homicide rates and the number of people who own guns. According to the
study in the American Journal of Public Health, for each 1 percent
increase in gun ownership, the rate of people murdered by firearms
increased by point 9 percent. The researchers found "states with higher
rates of gun ownership had disproportionately large numbers of deaths
from firearm-related homicides."

 

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