Editorial Board
A Skeptic’s Guide to Gun Violence Research
A House hearing on gun violence reveals how little even the experts understand.
Known unknowns.
Photographer: Bloomberg
A congressional subcommittee held a hearing last week on the state of gun violence research in the U.S. The conclusion? It’s shamefully incomplete.
As Andrew Morral of the Rand Corporation testified, “We know little about gun violence and its prevention compared to other safety and health threats, because the federal government has not had a comprehensive program of research in these areas for decades.”