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State lawmakers made concealed firearms legal without a permit. Then, more West Virginians died. [View all]
“This is just bad law,” said Steve Tanner, then-president of the West Virginia Sheriffs’ Association. “It endangers law enforcement and endangers the public.”
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But in the months and years after the law was enacted, more West Virginians died from guns. A study, conducted by West Virginia University researchers and published in the American Journal of Public Health, found that firearm deaths were about 26% more frequent in the state after legislators passed HB 4145.
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“This is something that you could have foreseen at the time,” Palumbo said. “When you put more guns in more places, you’re going to have more accidents and more gun casualties as a result.”
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/10/12/west-virginia-gun-deaths-concealed-carry/?utm_source=The+Trace+mailing+list&utm_campaign=e58fdad993-trace_bulletin_oct_16_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f76c3ff31c-e58fdad993-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
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But in the months and years after the law was enacted, more West Virginians died from guns. A study, conducted by West Virginia University researchers and published in the American Journal of Public Health, found that firearm deaths were about 26% more frequent in the state after legislators passed HB 4145.
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“This is something that you could have foreseen at the time,” Palumbo said. “When you put more guns in more places, you’re going to have more accidents and more gun casualties as a result.”
https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/10/12/west-virginia-gun-deaths-concealed-carry/?utm_source=The+Trace+mailing+list&utm_campaign=e58fdad993-trace_bulletin_oct_16_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f76c3ff31c-e58fdad993-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
In a couple of years homicide rates went up 26%.
This ain't rocket science people. More guns = more death and injury. 26 states have Political Carry Laws (nothing about the Constitution applies here) and 26 states showed a 15% or more increase in homicides.
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