MYTH: NRC found no evidence that any gun violence prevention laws work
FACT: The goal of the NRC study was to scrutinize the quality of scientific data, not to make conclusions about firearm policy.
MYTH: Gun bans always increase the murder rate
FACT: Since passing strong gun laws in the 1940s and 1950s, Japan experienced significant a decrease in its murder rate and now has one of the lowest murder rates in the world.