Gun Deaths of Children Rose in States That Loosened Gun Laws, Study Finds NYT | Top Stories By: Roni Caryn Rabin 9 June 2025 at 23:08 Researchers looked at firearm fatalities in the 13 years immediately after the Supreme Court limited local governments’ ability to restrict gun ownership. © Scott Olson/Getty ImagesA memorial for a victim of gun violence, Rey Dorantes, on what would have been his 15th birthday, in January 2013 in Chicago.