AJPM - Not enough evidence to say gun laws reduce violence [View All]

[Township75]

Despite a proliferation of gun registration requirements, bans on specific firearms and “zero tolerance” policies for guns in schools over the past three decades, the jury is still out on whether these laws help prevent gun violence, according to a new review of studies in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The review by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services concluded that there was “insufficient evidence” to determine whether any of the federal, state and local gun laws reviewed had an effect on gun-related deaths, violent crimes, suicides and other outcomes.

The report’s lead author, Dr. Robert Hahn of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says “it is critical to note” that the review does not mean that gun laws are ineffective.

“We mean simply that we do not yet know what effects, if any, the laws have” on gun-related violence, Hahn says, and that the Task Force does not recommend that current laws be changed in any way “until effectiveness can be demonstrated one way or the other.”

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=7716

This must be some NRA publication or something, because just last week (or pretty much every day) The Brady Campaign is telling us how these tough gun laws make the difference in reducing gun violence and protecting our children and helping Dems lose elections.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine = NRA (end sarcasm)