Gun background check measure reveals passionate arguments at town hall

A Mob Museum town hall discussion on Question 1, the ballot initiative proposing to expand firearm background checks to private-party sales and transfers, brought passionate arguments on the issue to voters Thursday night. William Sousa, professor and director of the Center for Crime and Justice Policy at UNLV, spoke on the panel to offer an overview of the research on firearm background checks. He said the research tends to lean toward the idea that background checks improve public safety, but such research has limitations. Studies on crime trends, for example, often conflate correlation and causality. “The research in this area is very muddy,” he said. …Read the Rest

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