Because there is so little scientific evidence to draw on, RAND researchers also surveyed 95
gun policy experts from across the ideological spectrum to identify where there might be consensus or opportunities for compromise.
The findings are from RAND's sweeping Gun Policy in America initiative, which also evaluated the views of
gun policy experts with opposing perspectives on the likely effects of gun laws to identify where compromise might be possible.
Not exact matches
Gun violence
experts weigh in on 29 different
gun control
policies and their effectiveness at lowering
gun - related homicides.
Of the panel of
experts questioned for the survey, a majority favored
gun control
policies while only five said they were in adverse to them.
According to the
experts, the most effective
policies was one that requires
gun sellers to run background checks on all potential buyers and another that prevented
gun sales to anyone convicted of violent misdemeanors.