Research scarce on how to prevent gun violence

Thursday, January 17, 2013 | 7:41 p.m. CST

MILWAUKEE — Nearly as many Americans die from guns as from car crashes each year. We know plenty about the second problem and far less about the first. A scarcity of research on how to prevent gun violence has left policymakers shooting in the dark as they craft gun control measures without much evidence of what works.

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