Statement·other·said 2019-05-12
“When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%.”
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Verdict
Mixedby PolitiFact
2019-05-20Reasoning
Johns Hopkins research showed Connecticut's 1995 licensing law correlated with a 40% reduction in gun homicides and a 15% reduction in firearm suicides, but experts caution causal conclusions need more research.
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