Background
Gun violence is an ongoing and concerning threat to the American people. Recent solutions to reducing gun violence target legislative actions for increased controls on the transfer, sale, and possession of firearms. The implementation of these actions is mired in conflict ranging from personal moral beliefs to Constitutionally-inalienable rights.
Mass school shootings are an emotionally charged subject, which have promoted legislative gun control measures with wideband authoritative powers encompassing mental health, right-to-buy, and possession requirements. It’s generally accepted that any solution to gun violence requires consideration of an exhaustive set of environmental, political, and ethical variables; meanwhile, the challenge and debate remains divided on which variables deserve actionable consideration.
Findings
This study discovered four key results from its analysis:
- Giffords Gun Scorecards show no dependence or relationship between State gun law ranks and school shooting events.
- Giffords Gun Scorecards show no dependence or relationship between State gun law ranks and school shooting victims.
- School shootings occurred more often in States with moderate firearm death rates, as opposed to low or high rates.
- States with the highest firearm death rates do not represent the highest risk for school shootings.
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