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Title: Gun Control Laws Can Reduce Crime

Publication Date: February 1997

What does it say?

This essay makes the case that well-tailored gun laws make difference in making it harder for dangerous people to get guns in the illegal market. It also debunks arguments that laws making it easier to carry guns in public reduce violent crime.

How can I use it?

Use the logic in this essay to inform advocacy for comprehensive common sense laws to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.

Citation

Weil, Douglas, Gun Control Laws Can Reduce Crime, (February 1997), Currents in Modern Thought

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