Repeal of Missouri's background check law associated with increase in state's murders
Monday, February 17, 2014 - 04:20
in Health & Medicine
Missouri's 2007 repeal of its permit-to-purchase (PTP) handgun law, which required all handgun purchasers to obtain a license verifying that they have passed a background check, contributed to a sixteen percent increase in Missouri's murder rate, according to a new study.
