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How US gun control compares to the rest of the world

  • Written by John Donohue, C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford University
imageHandgun in a holster, baby in a stroller at the 2016 NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article first published on June 24, 2015.

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