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"Universal background checks reduce gun homicides."

Neutral summary. Several states require a check on private sales. This claim says those laws lower gun homicides. The hard part is separating the law from policing, age, and urban trends that moved at the same time. Posted by sample_member · 9 days ago · 640 followers

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State panel study of private-sale laws and firearm homicide

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Denial counts from states that added private-sale checks

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A study that finds no change after accounting for policing levels

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Homicide trends in neighboring states without the law

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sample_reader Independent · Center on this issue

Starter example · 6h ago

Before this leans either way, the two sources need the same years and the same geography. Right now they might be describing different places.

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