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License and registration, please: how regulating guns like cars could improve safety

  • Written by Keith Guzik, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado Denver

In the midst of the Senate’s failure to agree on measures designed to tighten controls around the sales of firearms, a new idea is emerging.

Last week, U.S. Representative Jim Hines, a Democrat from Connecticut, appeared on “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah” and said, “we ought to probably test people and make sure there is...

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