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Chicago
They fear for their safety.
Data
New research found that one hospital's gunshot wound patients were far more likely to die within five years.
The results of a major survey of firearms owners corroborate a hotly contested statistic.
America accounted for 62 percent of the world's mass public shootings at schools and workplaces between 1966–2012.
Gun Policy
States in the top five for gun ownership had three times the rate of law enforcement homicides, per capita, than states in the bottom five.
The research corroborates earlier reports — and offers new perspective on other, less-discussed categories of multiple-victim gun homicides.