10/8/19 - Newsweek: Study: U.S. Gun Deaths Surge, Except for Two States With Restrictive Gun Laws

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LINK: Study: U.S. Gun Deaths Surge, Except for Two States With Restrictive Gun Laws

U.S. gun deaths have have surged over the last several years, according to a new study published in the journal Health Affairs.
Since 1999, researchers from the University of Michigan found that the annual rate of people killed by firearms had remained relatively stable, hovering around 10.4 deaths per 100,000. But from 2015 to 2017, a new pattern emerged, and the rate began to skyrocket, ultimately increasing by around 14 percent over the previous 15 years....

Click on the link for the entire article (IMHO, I am expecting it to be more fake news)
 
"Some states noted for their restrictive gun laws did not see reductions in firearm mortality similar to those achieved in New York, California and D.C."

This is...kind of a vital statement that contradicts their headline? Especially this:

"Massachusetts, which has strong gun laws including purchaser permitting and school safety measures, did not see a decrease in rates of gun deaths. In fact, the state's firearm mortality rates increased during the periods studied."
 
Once again proving that there is no correlation and that gun control is all about feelings and control and not about actually addressing the causes of violence and mental health problems.
 
At least they bothered to print that there were some other data which did not support the ridiculous conclusions being presented, although only as an aside, because the reader should take away that guns need to be banned because more people are dying from them.

f***ing Fake News.
 
This is propaganda, not journalism. When Pew chooses words like "edged higher", Newsweek chooses the word "skyrocketed". Apparently they can't be bothered to cite the study, either.
 
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