Resource Document on Access to Firearms by People with Mental Disorders

Pinals, Debra A.; Appelbaum, Paul S.; Bonnie, J J D Richard; Fisher, Carl Erik; Gold, Liza H.; Lee, Li-Wen

doi:10.1002/bsl.2181

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“…Prior involuntary commitment to psychiatric care may also be considered, if such information is available” (Consortium for Risk Based Firearm Policy, ). This approach is consistent with recommendations made in the forensic psychiatry literature (Gold, ; Pinals et al, ). Consideration of how future GVRO proposals align with state involuntary commitment standards and practices is also important in ensuring that new GVRO laws complement available tools and maximize the potential of the GVRO approach.…”

Section: From Recommendations To Policy: Considerations For Policymaksupporting

confidence: 87%

Gun Violence Restraining Orders: Alternative or Adjunct to Mental Health‐Based Restrictions on Firearms?

Frattaroli

McGinty

Barnhorst

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Behavioral Sci & The Law

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The gun violence restraining order (GVRO) is a new tool for preventing gun violence. Unlike traditional approaches to prohibiting gun purchase and possession, which rely on a high threshold (adjudication by criminal justice or mental health systems) before intervening, the GVRO allows family members and intimate partners who observe a relative's dangerous behavior and believe it may be a precursor to violence to request a GVRO through the civil justice system. Once issued by the court, a GVRO authorizes law enforcement to remove any guns in the respondent's possession and prohibits the respondent from purchasing new guns. In September 2014, California's governor signed AB1014 into law, making California the first U.S. state to enact a GVRO law. This article describes the GVRO and the rationale behind the concept, considers case examples to assess the potential impact of the GVRO as a strategy for preventing gun violence, and reviews the content of the California law.

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Section: From Recommendations To Policy: Considerations For Policymaksupporting

confidence: 87%

Gun Violence Restraining Orders: Alternative or Adjunct to Mental Health‐Based Restrictions on Firearms?

Frattaroli

McGinty

Barnhorst

et al. 2015

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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“…To put the above positioning in more perspective, the extant literature on the subject has primarily articulated three strands: determinants of access to weapons; drivers of the weapons industry; and nexuses between arms trade and other institutional and macroeconomic factors. In the first strand, studies have focused on, inter alia: the selection of weapons and ornaments (McCullough, Miller, and Emlen 2016); defensive weapons and defense signals in plants (Maag et al 2015); the relevance of technical corporations in making nuclear weapons (Brown and Kaplow 2014); access to firearms by people with mental disorders (Pinals et al 2015); and reducing access to weapons by persons with suicidal intensions (Barber and Miller 2014).…”

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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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“…As concerns the former category, the literature has largely articulated, among others: mitigating access to weapons by individuals who have suicide intensions (Barber & Miller, 2014); access to firearms by citizens who are victimized by mental disorders (Pinals et al, 2015); the importance of technological corporation in the fabrication of nuclear weapons (Brown & Kaplow, 2014); defence signals and defensive weapons in plants (Maag et al, 2015) and nexuses between ornaments, the choice of weapons and sex (McCullough et al, 2016).…”

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Dynamic Determinants of Access to Weapons: Global Evidence

Asongu

Nnanna²

2019

Foreign Trade Review

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This study investigates the determinants of and persistence in access to weapons using a global sample of 163 countries for the period 2010–2015. The empirical evidence is based on the generalized method of moments. Hysteresis in access to weapons is consistently more apparent in countries with below-median levels in access to weapons compared to their counterparts with above-median levels in access to weapons. The hysteresis hypothesis within this context is the propensity of past values of access to weapons to influence future values of access to weapons. Factors that consistently drive access to weapons are: perceptions of crime, criminality, conflict intensity, political instability, military expenditure, violent demonstrations and terrorism. The effects of these drivers are contingent on initial levels of access to weapons. Policy recommendations for managing access to weapons are discussed. JEL: H56, L64, K42, P50

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Resource Document on Access to Firearms by People with Mental Disorders

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Gun Violence Restraining Orders: Alternative or Adjunct to Mental Health‐Based Restrictions on Firearms?

Gun Violence Restraining Orders: Alternative or Adjunct to Mental Health‐Based Restrictions on Firearms?

The Persistence of Weapons: Global Evidence

Dynamic Determinants of Access to Weapons: Global Evidence

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