This Is Why the NRA Hates Gun Violence Research

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its annual tabulation of firearm deaths earlier this month. Among other attributes, it amounts to a data-rich refutation of gun-lobby propaganda.

Almost 40,000 Americans were killed by gunshot in 2018, roughly the same number as in 2017. Of those, 13,958 resulted from homicide, and a whopping 24,432 from suicide. Other deaths were unintentional, undetermined or related to law enforcement or war.

The state-by-state data basically cluster similar states together. One group — let’s call them “NRA states” — features minimal regulations on firearms.

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