More Guns Does Not Mean More Murders

The Daily Signal
April 6, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where abortion trips up a senator's idea to combat the evil of modern slavery. Kevin Mooney and Ken McIntyre explain conservatives' concerns. The Supreme Court erred in ruling that legislative districts must be drawn by total population, Hans von Spakovsky and Elizabeth Slattery decide. Mississippi's governor did the right thing by signing a religious liberty bill into law, Roger Severino writes. And bans on guns don't result in fewer murders, concludes a Harvard study flagged by Patrick Tyrrell.
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More Guns Does Not Mean More Murders

Those in favor of disarming the citizenry claim that fewer guns will mean less gun crime. This assertion is not based on facts.

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