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Guns Prevent Thousands of Crimes Every Day, Research Shows

Lawrence W. Reed - FEE | Published on 6/1/2022
t never fails. A split-second after a mass shooting occurs, grandstanders and ideologues issue statements demanding new gun controls—even if the laws already on the books failed or the laws they want would have made no difference. Case in point: the tragic incidents in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, in early August 2019.