Making it illegal for an adult to store a gun in a place where a child might access it could result in nearly 2,500 fewer gun deaths a year in the US, new research shows

Every year, about 40,000 people in the US die from homicides and suicides involving firearms.
Despite some restrictions on gun control research, scientists have evaluated how certain policies affect gun deaths.
According to new research, strict child access prevention laws — which make it illegal for an adult to store a gun in a place that makes it easy for a child to access and fire it — result in a 6% reduction in gun deaths.
Strict background checks and prohibiting domestic abusers from owning weapons are also policies associated with reduced rates of gun violence.

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