New Study on Gun Violence

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) was asked after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School to review existing studies on guns and violence carried out with guns.

They have now published the results and made them available to the public.  The report brief is available as a pdf or html document.

The brief is worth a read for anyone interested in looking past the politically charged exchanges to see what the facts actually show.  Interestingly, the findings have just as much in them to appeal to gun control advocates as they do to the NRA.  Slate magazine does a pretty good job of summing up the high points.