TY - JOUR
T1 - Deregulation of public civilian gun carrying and violent crimes
T2 - A longitudinal analysis 1981–2019
AU - Doucette, Mitchell L.
AU - Crifasi, Cassandra K.
AU - McCourt, Alex D.
AU - Ward, Julie A.
AU - Fix, Rebecca L.
AU - Webster, Daniel W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. Criminology & Public Policy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society of Criminology.
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - Research Summary: We utilized the synthetic difference-in-difference method to estimate the impact of adopting a permitless concealed carry weapons (CCW) law on rates of assaults, robberies, and homicides committed with a firearm and by other means, as well as weapons arrests, from 1981 to 2019. We stratified permitless CCW laws by whether they previously prohibited violent misdemeanants from obtaining a CCW permit or previously required live firearm training to obtain a permit prior to law adoption. Findings robust to sensitivity analyses suggest that states that lost a training requirement to obtain a CCW permit had 21 additional gun assaults per 100,000 population (SE = 5.2) (32% increase). Policy Implications: In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, states should implement CCW permitting law provisions that may reduce the risk of firearm violence. Requiring live firearm training prior to carry a concealed weapon may attenuate negative health impacts of deregulation associated with permitless CCW laws.
AB - Research Summary: We utilized the synthetic difference-in-difference method to estimate the impact of adopting a permitless concealed carry weapons (CCW) law on rates of assaults, robberies, and homicides committed with a firearm and by other means, as well as weapons arrests, from 1981 to 2019. We stratified permitless CCW laws by whether they previously prohibited violent misdemeanants from obtaining a CCW permit or previously required live firearm training to obtain a permit prior to law adoption. Findings robust to sensitivity analyses suggest that states that lost a training requirement to obtain a CCW permit had 21 additional gun assaults per 100,000 population (SE = 5.2) (32% increase). Policy Implications: In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, states should implement CCW permitting law provisions that may reduce the risk of firearm violence. Requiring live firearm training prior to carry a concealed weapon may attenuate negative health impacts of deregulation associated with permitless CCW laws.
KW - firearms
KW - policy evaluation
KW - weapons-related arrests
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U2 - 10.1111/1745-9133.12638
DO - 10.1111/1745-9133.12638
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85171439216
SN - 1538-6473
VL - 23
SP - 833
EP - 861
JO - Criminology and Public Policy
JF - Criminology and Public Policy
IS - 4
ER -