Differences in public support for handgun purchaser licensing

Crifasi, Cassandra K.; McGinty, Beth; Vernick, Jon S.; Barry, Colleen L.; Webster, Daniel

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043405

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“…Combining survey results from found that 61 percent and 81 percent of gun owners and non-gun owners, respectively, supported handgun purchaser licensing. That said, gun owners living in states with licensing laws were significantly more likely to support the laws than gun owners living in states without such laws (77 percent versus 59 percent) (Crifasi et al, 2020).…”

Section: Licensing and Permitting Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Third Edition

2023

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Effective gun policies in the United States must balance Second Amendment rights and public interest in gun ownership with concerns about public health and safety. However, efforts to craft legislation related to guns are hampered by a paucity of reliable information about the effects of such policies. To help address this problem, the RAND Corporation launched the Gun Policy in America initiative. Throughout RAND's 70-year history, in multiple projects, in many policy arenas, and on topics that are sensitive and controversial, researchers have conducted analyses, built tools, and developed resources to help policy makers and the public make effective decisions. The primary goal of the Gun Policy in America project is to create resources where policymakers and the general public can access unbiased information that facilitates the development of fair and effective firearm policies.This initiative has yielded several research products, such as a state firearm law database; surveys of policy experts that identified where access to reliable data would be most useful in resolving policy debates; various tools and methodological reports for researchers; and the first and second editions of this report, which synthesized the available scientific data on the effects of 18 types of firearm policies on a variety of outcomes related to gun ownership. This third edition builds on the second edition by updating the literature review to include studies published through October 2020. The result is a substantially updated synthesis of the available evidence concerning the effects of 18 types of gun policies.The Gun Policy in America initiative did not attempt to evaluate the merits of different values or principles that sometimes drive policy disagreements. Rather, our focus is strictly on the empirical effects of policies on the eight outcomes specified in this report. All of our resources are publicly available on the project website at www.rand.org/gunpolicy.The work should be of interest to policymakers and other stakeholders considering decisions related to firearm policy. Furthermore, this report may be of interest to the research community and to the general public. Justice Policy ProgramRAND Social and Economic Well-Being is a division of the RAND Corporation that seeks to actively improve the health and social and economic well-being of populations and communities throughout the world. This research was conducted in the Justice Policy Program within RAND Social and Economic Well-Being. The program focuses on such topics as access to justice, policing, corrections, drug policy, and court system reform, as well as other policy concerns pertaining to public safety and criminal and civil justice. For more information, email

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Section: Licensing and Permitting Requirementsmentioning

confidence: 98%

The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Third Edition

2023

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“…Though just nine states and the District of Columbia require a license to purchase as of March 2022, these laws are popular. Studies have found high levels of public support for policies requiring prospective gun purchasers to acquire a license from law enforcement (Barry et al 2018(Barry et al , 2019Crifasi et al 2020). In general, "universal background checks"-policies that extend background checks to private transfers-are very popular, even among gun owners (Barry et al 2019).…”

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“…In most cases, the check is facilitated by an FFL: the prospective transferor and transferee work with an FFL to submit the relevant paperwork to the FBI or state agency responsible for NICS checks. The specific process may vary, but these laws create a procedure for private transfers that is almost identical to the process for FFL sales (Crifasi, McCourt, and Webster 2019; Giffords 2022). In theory, this comprehensive background check requirement should more thoroughly keep guns away from those at high risk of harming themselves or others, but studies have found mixed evidence of success.…”

Section: Prohibiting Purchase: Background Check and Licensing Lawsmentioning

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Effectiveness of Firearm Restriction, Background Checks, and Licensing Laws in Reducing Gun Violence

Zeoli¹,

McCourt²,

Paruk³

2022

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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We present the rationale behind four types of laws that restrict access to firearms for those who are deemed to be a high risk for future gun violence and two types of laws that implement firearm purchase prohibitions. We also present evidence on the effectiveness of these laws. Broadly, these are laws that restrict access for domestic violence abusers, individuals convicted of misdemeanor violence, and individuals at high risk of violence against themselves or others. We briefly discuss relinquishment of firearms by those who are newly restricted, but we focus mainly on how purchase restrictions are implemented by the federal government and across states. Extant research shows that well-implemented firearm policy that is based on evidence-based risk factors can be effective in reducing firearm injury.

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“…Policy discussion over limiting gun accessibility has recently increased in response to the growing rate of mass shootings and gun homicides. One policy of interest is handgun purchaser licensing, which has had differing levels of support in the United States 5 . In this paper, we consider the effects of the repeal of Missouri's Permit-to-Purchase (PTP) gun licensing law in 2007.…”

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confidence: 99%

Examining a hypothesized causal chain for the effects of the 2007 repeal of the permit-to-purchase licensing law in Missouri: homicide guns recovered in state and within a year of purchase.

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Firearm-related deaths are a leading cause of death in the United States. Webster et al. (2014) found an association between Missouri’s repeal of a permit-to-purchase handgun licensing law and an increase in firearm-related homicides. The evidence for causality of this association would be strengthened by finding that the increase occurred through the hypothesized mechanism of increasing the ease with which those with violent intent could obtain guns. This study examines two measures: 1) proportion of guns recovered and purchased in-state and 2) time between firearm purchase and recovery by police following criminal use. The repeal was associated from 2008-2019 with a 0.05 increase in the proportion own-state gun trace (p < 0.0001, 95% confidence interval: 0.08,0.13) and a 0.10 increase in the proportion of guns recovered prior to one year after purchase (p = 0.01, 95% confidence interval: 1.20,1.90). Our study provides supportive evidence for the repeal increasing firearm-related homicides.

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Differences in public support for handgun purchaser licensing

Cited by 9 publications

References 14 publications

The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Third Edition

The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Third Edition

Effectiveness of Firearm Restriction, Background Checks, and Licensing Laws in Reducing Gun Violence

Examining a hypothesized causal chain for the effects of the 2007 repeal of the permit-to-purchase licensing law in Missouri: homicide guns recovered in state and within a year of purchase.

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