BALTIMORE — Gun violence researchers in Baltimore argue policymakers need to consider tougher gun laws in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting after Kansas City’s championship parade.
A woman was killed and more than 20 others were injured Wednesday from a shooting police say appears to have stemmed from a dispute.
“I thought, ‘It’s another day in America,'” Dr. Cass Crifasi, Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, said.
Crifasi says Missouri’s gun laws make it easier for everybody to get firearms.
“Missouri has gone the opposite direction of the public health research,” Crifasi said. “We know that when states have strong gun laws, it’s much harder for people who shouldn’t have guns to get them.”
Missouri allows for open carry of firearms, although a permit is required within city limits .
Researchers say data show the prevalence of guns increases the likelihood a dispute or fight turns lethal.