GRAs are right, weak gun laws aren't very helpful; to reduce gun violence, you need strong gun laws.

Gun-Rights Advocates Claim Criminals Don't Follow Gun Laws. Here's the Research That Shows They're Wrong. - The Trace: 

The problem, these studies show, isn’t that criminals don’t follow laws, but rather that criminals aren’t dissuaded by weak laws. And gun laws in all but a few states are decidedly weak.

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