Permitless Carry Will Deter Shootings, Proponents Said. That’s Not What’s Happened.
A new Trace analysis examines the rate of fatalities in states where permitless carry was made law
Last week, nonprofit newsroom, The Trace, debuted some important new research on permitless carry laws. In a nutshell, “The Trace analyzed gun violence data and found that 16 of the 20 states that enacted permitless carry between 2015 and 2022 saw more shooting deaths — excluding suicides — after the laws took effect than during an equivalent time period before.”
Graph via The Trace
This new work supports GVPedia's own research finding that gun deaths go up after permitless carry is passed.
Yet more evidence that "more guns, less crime" has been utterly refuted.
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This is great research, but I am concerned that this increase could be influenced by the general increase in gun homicides that came during covid.