Study: Gun-free zones have no measurable effect on violence
Study: Gun-free zones have no measurable effect on violence
(NewsNation) — An updated study found that gun-free zones neither decrease nor increase gun violence in areas where they’ve been adopted.
The study, done by The Rand Corporation in 2018 and updated in 2020, examined eight areas of firearm use: defensive gun use, gun industry outcomes, hunting and recreation, mass shootings, officer-involved shooting, suicide, unintentional injuries and deaths,…