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Article posted: 1/17/2013 7:05 PM

Will Obama’s order lead to surge in gun research?

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This combination of 2005 and undated file photos shows one of Charles A. McCoy Jr.'s guns included in evidence during his 2005 murder trial in Columbus, Ohio, left, and a side crash test on a 2008 PT Cruiser by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Nearly as many Americans die from guns as from car crashes each year.

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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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