NRA Reduces Gun Injuries for These Three Days Every Year, Research Shows
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Like clockwork, the National Rifle Association reduces gun injuries in the US for three days every year -- when it holds its annual convention.
Authors of a Harvard Medical School report published in the New England Journal of Medicine examined the “natural experiment” that occurs when about 80,000 NRA members hole up in a conference center. The finding: a 20 percent drop in injuries inflicted by the weapons compared to the same days of the week in the three weeks before and after the event.