Citation

Nuwer R. Sci. Am. 2017; 318(1): 14-15.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Scientific American)

DOI

10.1038/scientificamerican0118-14b

PMID

29257824

Abstract

Gun terrorism kills more people per attack in high-income countries than any other method. Terrorist bombings garner a lot of news coverage—but gun assaults are often more coldly efficient. Although firearms are used in only a small fraction of terror strikes, a recent study found that on a per-attack basis, guns are four times deadlier than other methods in high-income countries.

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