Throwback Thursday:

MYTH: Child Access Prevention Laws Cost Lives.

Today’s throwback article addresses gun rights activist and “researcher” John Lott’s claims concerning the efficacy of Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws.

Read the full article HERE.

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Summary:

• Researcher John Lott claims that Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws requiring individuals to secure their guns at home cost more lives than they save because, he says, they slow down access to a gun during a home invasion.

• The research consistently shows that safe storage laws prevent unintentional shootings and adolescent suicide.

• Enacting a federal CAP law with a felony penalty that holds gun owners accountable for safely storing firearms will help keep guns out of children’s hands and prevent suicides and unintentional shootings.

• Lott cites only his own outdated researcher to make his claim. Other academic research does not support his claim.

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