Effects of the Repeal of Missouri’s Handgun Purchaser Licensing Law on Homicides

Webster, Daniel; Crifasi, Cassandra K.; Vernick, Jon S.

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“…Across three studies, all found these laws to be associated with increases in homicide rates, and two of the estimates were statistically significant. The median effect size across these studies was 1.10 (Cheng and Hoekstra, 2013;Humphreys, Gasparrini, and Wiebe, 2017;Webster, Crifasi, and Vernick, 2014). Stand your ground laws were one of the few types of policies on which experts estimated effects in opposite directions.…”

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The Magnitude and Sources of Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts

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2018

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A A A An n n nd d d dr r r re e e ew w w w R R R R. . . . M M M Mo o o or r r rr r r ra a a al l l l, , , , T T T Te e e er r r rr r r ry y y y L L L L. . . . S S S Sc c c ch h h he e e el l l ll l l l, , , , M M M Ma a a ar r r rg g g ga a a ar r r re e e et t t t T T T Ta a a an n n nk k k ka a a ar r r rd d d d in AMERICA INI INI INI INI NITIA TIA TIA TIA TIATIV TIV TIV TIV TIVE C O R P O R A T I O N A P A P A P A P PART ART ART ART R OF OF OF OF F TH TH TH THE R E R E R E R RAND AND AND AND Gun Policy E E E E Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute www.rand.org For more information on this publication, visit www.rand.org/t/RR2088z1Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for this publication. : 978-1-9774-0030-7 Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. ISBN © Copyright 2018 RAND CorporationR® is a registered trademark.iii PrefaceEffective gun policies must balance the constitutional right to bear arms and public interest in gun ownership with concerns about public health and safety. However, current 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. The primary goal of the project is to create resources where policymakers and the general public can access unbiased information that facilitates development of fair and effective firearm policies.This report is one of several research products stemming from the initiative. The report describes a survey of policy experts to identify where access to reliable data would be most useful in resolving policy debates. Based on the results, we also developed a tool that allows users to explore how different combinations of policies are likely to affect a range of outcomes related to gun ownership. Another major study component is a synthesis of the available scientific evidence on how gun policies affect a range of outcomes. In a parallel effort, RAND ...

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The Magnitude and Sources of Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts

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2018

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“…Finally, a comprehensive requirement that firearm sales and transfers of other types involve a background check on the recipient would help prevent prohibited persons from acquiring firearms anonymously and illegally from private parties, including via the Internet. Background checks are effective (54,58,60,63,64) and, again, widely supported (1, 11,19,22,49,67).…”

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The Epidemiology of Firearm Violence in the Twenty-First Century United States

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2015

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This brief review summarizes the basic epidemiology of firearm violence, a large and costly public health problem in the United States for which the mortality rate has remained unchanged for more than a decade. It presents findings for the present in light of recent trends. Risk for firearm violence varies substantially across demographic subsets of the population and between states in patterns that are quite different for suicide and homicide. Suicide is far more common than homicide and its rate is increasing; the homicide rate is decreasing. As with other important health problems, most cases of fatal firearm violence arise from large but low-risk subsets of the population; risk and burden of illness are not distributed symmetrically. Compared with other industrialized nations, the United States has uniquely high mortality rates from firearm violence.

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“…The most recent change was Missouri's 2007 repeal of its PTP handgun law. Webster et al studied the effects of this policy on lethal violence with a 50-state panel study using data for the period 1999-2012 (43). Regression analyses controlled for state and year fixed effects and changes in unemployment, poverty, policing levels, incarceration, burglary rates (as a general measure of crime), and policies concerning the ease of getting concealed weapons permits, junk gun bans, and so-called "Stand Your Ground" laws.…”

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Effects of Policies Designed to Keep Firearms from High-Risk Individuals

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Wintemute

2015

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This article summarizes and critiques available evidence from studies published between 1999 and August 2014 on the effects of policies designed to keep firearms from high-risk individuals in the United States. Some prohibitions for high-risk individuals (e.g., those under domestic violence restraining orders, violent misdemeanants) and procedures for checking for more types of prohibiting conditions are associated with lower rates of violence. Certain laws intended to prevent prohibited persons from accessing firearms-rigorous permit-to-purchase, comprehensive background checks, strong regulation and oversight of gun dealers, and requiring gun owners to promptly report lost or stolen firearms-are negatively associated with the diversion of guns to criminals. Future research is needed to examine whether these laws curtail nonlethal gun violence and whether the effects of expanding prohibiting conditions for firearm possession are modified by the presence of policies to prevent diversion.

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Effects of the Repeal of Missouri’s Handgun Purchaser Licensing Law on Homicides

Cited by 129 publications

References 19 publications

The Magnitude and Sources of Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts

The Magnitude and Sources of Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts

The Epidemiology of Firearm Violence in the Twenty-First Century United States

Effects of Policies Designed to Keep Firearms from High-Risk Individuals

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