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Michael Siegel, a professor in the School of Public Health, discovered a link between a reduction in homicide rates and state laws restricting who can access guns rather than those that restrict the types of guns people have. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP STAFF

BU researchers study most effective gun laws

Amelia Murray-Cooper April 12, 2019
In the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings last month, New Zealand’s parliament voted to tighten the country’s gun laws. Across the United States, however, many policymakers dispute the best approaches to preventing gun violence.
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