Sentences with phrase «decreased firearm homicides»
«Stronger gun laws tied to decreased firearm homicides.»
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Despite these limitations, the findings are consistent with a study the team conducted in 2013, which found that states with stronger firearm legislation had decreased deaths, from both homicides and suicides, compared to states with weaker firearm laws.
«Overall, we found evidence that stronger firearm laws are associated with decreased homicides due to firearms,» says lead author Lois Lee, MD, MPH, of Boston Children's Hospital's Division of Emergency Medicine and Harvard Medical School.
One of the paper's authors, Eric Fleegler, an emergency physician at Boston Children's Hospital, responds that, «when you look at firearm - related homicides, even controlling for firearm ownership, firearm - related homicides do decrease in states with more gun laws.»