Background Checks May Lower School Shootings: Study

States that require background checks before people buy guns or ammunition may have a lower chance of having a school shooting, a new study finds. Researchers found that over a three-year period, states that didn't require background checks before purchases of guns or ammunition were more likely to have a school shooting than those states that did require them, according to the study. Moreover, the researchers found that school shootings occurred less frequently in states that spent more money o