Sentences with phrase «reducing gun homicides»

But some policies, like expanded screening, treatment of mental illness, and restrictions on gun sales to people who have been convicted of stalking, were still considered effective in reducing gun homicides.

Charles Mirsky, a junior at Spanish River High School, cited a National Academy of Sciences study that found waiting periods reduced gun homicides by 17 percent.

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It's difficult to separate these changes from long - term trends (especially since gun homicides have generally been on the decline for decades now), but a review of the evidence by RAND linked milder gun control measures, including background checks, to reduced injuries and deaths — and that means these measures likely saved lives.

Another statistic that Shermer notes is that in «states that prohibit gun ownership by men who have received a domestic violence restraining order, gun - caused homicides of intimate female partners have been reduced by 25 percent.»

There is moderate evidence to support conclusions that background checks reduce firearm suicides and firearm homicides, and that laws prohibiting the purchase or possession of guns by individuals with some forms of mental illness reduce violent crime, according to the analysis.

Gun violence restraining orders (GVROs) are a promising strategy for reducing firearm homicide and suicide in the United States, and should be considered by states seeking to address gun violence, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of California, Davis, argue in a new report.

Mark Obbie has this terrific lengthy new piece in Politico Magazine with full headline that captures its key themes: «Why Jeff Sessions» Recycled Crime - Fighting Strategy Is Doomed to Fail: Funneling more gun criminals into federal prison won't reduce homicides.