An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates

Gius, Mark

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“…With regard to the second strand, studies have been concerned with, among others: the relevance of assault weapon bans and weapon laws on murder rates (Gius ); assessments of whether nuclear weapons are worth having (Suni ); the nexus between nuclear strategy, nonproliferation, and nuclear deployment (Fuhrmann and Sechser ); questioning the effect of nuclear weapons on conflicts (Bell and Miller ); and security guarantees and nuclear proliferation (Bleek and Lorber ).…”

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The Persistence of Weapons: Global Evidence

2020

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This article investigates persistence (or hysteresis) in weapons using a panel of 163 countries for the period 2010‐15. The following are some main findings: (1) compared to countries that are landlocked, persistence in heavy weapons is more apparent in nations that are open to the sea; (2) relative to the Middle East and North Africa, heavy weapons are more persistent in the East Asia and the Pacific countries. This tendency is consistent with “weapons imports;” (3) evidence of persistence is not very apparent in “weapons imports” with the exception of the fact that it is higher in low‐income countries, compared to their high‐income counterparts. Hence, there is less hysteresis in weapons exports when compared with heavy weapons exports; and (4) the determinants of persistence employed in the conditioning information set are contingent on fundamental characteristics and panels. Policy implications are discussed. Related Articles Beal, Amanda L., and Leah Graham. 2014. “Foundations for Change: Rule of Law, Development, and Democratization.” Politics & Policy 42 (3): 311‐345. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12077 Fails, Matthew D. 2014. “Leader Turnover, Volatility, and Political Risk.” Politics & Policy 42 (3): 369‐399. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12078 Jakubow, Alexander. 2014. “State Intervention and Life Satisfaction Reconsidered: The Role of Governance Quality and Resource Misallocation.” Politics & Policy 42 (1): 3‐36. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12057 Peev, Evgeni, and Dennis C. Mueller. 2013. “Democracy, Economic Freedom and Growth in Transition Economies.” Kyklos 65 (3): 371‐407. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2012.00543.x/abstract Siddiqui, Danish A., and Qazi M. Ahmed. 2013. “The Effect of Institutions on Economic Growth: A Global Analysis Based on GMM Dynamic Panel Estimation.” Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 24: 18‐33. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954349X12000902

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“…This model is very similar to those used by other studies on this topic (Lott and Mustard, 1997;Bartley and Cohen, 1998;Moody, 2001;Olson and Maltz, 2001;Moody and Marvell, 2009;Gius, 2014).…”

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“…Some of the studies that used this approach are Gius (2014), Rubin and Dezhbakhsk (2003), Dezhbakhsh and Rubin (1998), Lott and Mustard (1997) and Kleck and Patterson (1993).…”

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“…These control variables were selected based upon their use in prior research (Lott and Mustard, 1997;Bartley and Cohen, 1998;Moody, 2001;Olson and Maltz, 2001;Ruddell and Mays, 2005;Moody and Marvell, 2009;Sen and Panjamapirom, 2012;Gius, 2014). These variables include the percentage of the state population that is black, per capita real income, percentage of population that is 4092…”

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The effects of state and federal background checks on state-level gun-related murder rates

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2015

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The purpose of the present study was to determine whether firearm background checks are significantly related to gun-related murder rates. The present study differs from prior research in several ways. First, a large longitudinal data-set is used; data for 50 states for the period 1980-2011 are examined. Second, the effects of both federal and state background checks, including state-mandated private sales background checks, are estimated. Finally, a fixed effects model that controls for both state-level and year-specific effects is used. Results suggest that states that require dealer background checks have lower gun-related murder rates than other states. In addition, after implementation of the Brady Act, gun-related murder rates fell. However, the results also suggest that, for the entire period in question, states with private sales background checks had higher gun-related murder rates than states with no such background checks. If one only looks the Brady Act period, however, then the private sales background check variable is insignificant. These results for private sales background checks are novel and contrary to the results of much prior research in this area.

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“…vi Ibid. vii For example, Lott and Mustard (1997), Plassman and Whitley (2003), and Gius (2014) all found in favour of the crime reduction hypothesis. viii See Lott (2014a).…”

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An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates

Cited by 67 publications

References 8 publications

The Persistence of Weapons: Global Evidence

The Persistence of Weapons: Global Evidence

The effects of state and federal background checks on state-level gun-related murder rates

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