Gun Violence Scientific Study.

Can gun violence be scientifically studied? 
This blog post will reflect the peer reviewed journal entry, "Gun violence prevention" by Ted Alcorn and Scott Burris. 
In the journal, the authors discuss the current state of gun laws in the United States and how to conduct a study to determine the actual factors of gun violence rather than people with opposing views ripping each others' throats out over personal beliefs. The authors discuss a variety of studies and the legitimacy of common beliefs. One section that stood out and caught my attention was the author's view on gun laws as a whole when he writes, "There is an emerging consensus that certain gun laws reduce gun violence, particularly those requiring all gun buyers to first pass background checks, and those barring domestic abusers from possessing guns. But we have much to learn about how those laws work, and how they can work better." The author also explains his thoughts behind the importance of conducting an actual scientific study when he writes "Legal data used for scientific evaluation should be created by a reliable procedure disclosed to users, and should capture variation across jurisdictions in the operative provisions of the law" 
Although I remain on the pro-gun side of these issues, in my personal opinion, if a study can be conducted and potentially save lives, by all means it should be conducted. 

Alcorn, Ted, and Scott Burris. “Gun Violence Prevention.” ProQuest, 16 July 2016, search-proquest-com.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/1805442464?pq-origsite=summon-Vol. 388 (10041). 
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