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2023-04-29 14:06:06 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C1F09FEBFC2E696A2F43A27B42876904AE3DBA9F42168C467BDE4626F31E0F24
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The tweet overstates the issue, as the linked article mentions suicide, not crime. Nonetheless, there is evidence (linked) of a connection between higher homicide rates and looser gun laws, which are typically supported by Republicans: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409#_i4 https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/firearms-research/guns-and-death/ https://everytownresearch.org/rankings/
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