Where Gun Stores Open, Gun Homicides Increase

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November 03, 2021

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QUOTE OF THE DAY "If the effect on homicides was not being driven primarily by the guns themselves, then we would expect nongun homicides to be correlated with gun stores as well, which we show they are not...The increase in homicides is happening largely through the increase in gun availability." David Johnson, economist at the University of Central Missouri

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