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“What guns do is make hostile interactions-robberies, assaults-much more deadly,” he said.

However, he noted, the presence of more guns does make crimes more violent. He said that even though more and more Americans are carrying concealed guns each year-the result of more states passing ‘right-to-carry’ laws-research has not uncovered a direct cause-and-effect relationship between the prevalence of guns and the U.S. There is some evidence that having a gun may reduce property loss, “but the evidence is equally compelling that having another weapon, such as mace or a baseball bat, will also reduce the likelihood of property loss,” he said.Īddressing gun lobby assertions that crime is deterred when more law-abiding citizens carry guns, Hemenway said the evidence says otherwise. Hemenway added that there is no good evidence that using a gun in self-defense reduces the likelihood of injury. A more reliable source of information, the National Crime Victimization Survey, pegs the number of people who use guns in this manner at roughly 100,000, according to Science Vs podcast host Wendy Zukerman. Hemenway noted that one commonly cited statistic about guns-that 2.5 million people use them each year to defend themselves or their property - is based on faulty analysis from a 1990s study. Hemenway, an expert on the public health impact of gun violence and director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, was interviewed on Science Vs, a podcast that looks at fads, trends, and opinions to uncover what’s actually true. Use your Apple ID or create a new account to start using Apple services. use guns for self-defense each year, and whether or not the crime rate is tied to how many people own guns-was the subject of a recent podcast featuring David Hemenway, professor of health policy at Harvard T.H. Sign in to iCloud to access your photos, videos, documents, notes, contacts, and more. Conflicting statistics about guns-such as how many people in the U.S.

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