Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified: on Nostr: "Enhanced background checks have blocked thousands of gun sales to people under the ...

"Enhanced background checks have blocked thousands of gun sales to people under the age of 21 and those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes in the past year...Homicides have dropped 17% in the period...data from the Gun Violence Archive showed that mass shootings were also down 20% to date in 2024 compared to a year earlier and would reach their lowest level this year since 2019."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/background-checks-blocked-thousands-gun-sales-youth-domestic-abusers-white-house-2024-09-22/

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