States with More Gun Laws Have Lower Youth Gun Violence, Rutgers Study Finds
Gun violence among children is lower in states with more gun laws, according to a Rutgers-led study.
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Thurman Barnes Joins the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research and Rutgers School of Public Health
Thurman Barnes has been appointed as the assistant director of the New Jersey Center on Gun Violence Research, and associate professor in the department of urban-global public health at the Rutgers School of Public Health. He will start his new role at Rutgers this May.
Read moreFirearm Purchaser Licensing Laws Linked To Fewer Fatal Mass Shootings
Firearm purchaser licensing laws that require an in-person application or fingerprinting are associated with an estimated 56 percent fewer fatal mass shootings in states that have them, according to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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