Extended excerpt from the NBC News article ‘10 years after Sandy Hook shooting, gun safety movement highlights major wins’
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On the state level, 525 “significant gun safety laws” have been adopted in the decade since Sandy Hook, according to a new report by the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the advocacy group led by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., who survived a shooting in January 2011.
“Nearly every single state in the nation has passed at least one significant gun safety law since Sandy Hook,” concluded the report, first obtained by NBC News.
It found that 21 states passed community violence intervention laws, 37 states took up domestic violence prohibitions, 20 states embraced “red flag” protection measures, and 29 states toughened background checks. In addition, 18 states approved laws that make it more difficult for children and young adults to access firearms.
A recent Rand Corp. review of causal-design studies classified the strength and direction of evidence for these policies across multiple harmful outcomes.
