So if Congress is forced to wait for a time when there is not a mass
shooting to talk gun control, Congress could find itself waiting for a
very long time. States with more guns have more gun deaths. Within the United States, a wide array of empirical evidence
indicates that more guns in a community leads to more homicide. Higher populations, more stress, more immigrants, and more mental
illness does not correlate with more gun deaths. States with tighter gun control laws have fewer gun-related deaths. A 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries, published in
Epidemiologic Reviews, found that new legal restrictions on owning and
purchasing guns tended to be followed by a drop in gun violence--a
strong indicator that restricting access to guns can save lives.
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