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Author: Anderson, D. Mark

Title: Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides

Summary: Debate over safe-storage gun regulations has captured public attention in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings committed by minors. Whether these laws actually decrease youth gun violence, however, is an unanswered question. Using data from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports for the period 1985-2013, this study is the first to estimate the relationship between child access prevention (CAP) laws and firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles. Our results suggest that CAP laws are associated with a 19 percent reduction in juvenile firearm-related homicides. The estimated effect is stronger among whites than blacks and is driven by states enforcing the strictest safe -storage standard. We find no evidence that CAP laws are associated with firearm-related homicides committed by adults or with non-firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles, suggesting that the observed relationship between CAP laws and juvenile firearm-related homicides is causal.

Details: Bonn, Germany: Institute of Labor Economics, 2018. 41p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 17, 2018 at: http://ftp.iza.org/dp11898.pdf

Year: 2018

Country: United States

URL: https://www.nber.org/papers/w25209

Shelf Number: 153868

Keywords:
Child Access Prevention
Firearm-Related Homicides
Gun Regulation
Gun Violence
Safe-Storage Gun Regulation