TY - JOUR
T1 - Right-to-carry laws and firearm workplace homicides
T2 - A longitudinal analysis (1992–2017)
AU - Doucette, Mitchell L.
AU - Crifasi, Cassandra K.
AU - Frattaroli, Shannon
N1 - Funding Information:
M. L. Doucette was supported in part by the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health (T42-OH 008428) as well as the 2017–2018 Nancy A. Robertson Scholarship in Injury Prevention and the 2017–2018 William Haddon Jr Fellowship in Injury Prevention.
Funding Information:
This work represents aspects of M. L. Doucette?s doctoral thesis work conducted at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. M. L. Doucette was supported in part by the Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health (T42-OH 008428) as well as the 2017?2018 Nancy A. Robertson Scholarship in Injury Prevention and the 2017?2018 William Haddon Jr Fellowship in Injury Prevention.
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Objectives. To examine the impact of right-to-carry (RTC) firearm laws on firearm workplace homicides (WPHs) in the United States from 1992 to 2017. Methods. We employed 2 longitudinal methods to examine the average effect (pooled, cross-sectional, time-series analysis) and the state-specific effect (random effects meta-analysis) of RTC laws on WPHs committed by firearms from 1992 to 2017 in a 50-state panel. Both methods utilized a generalized linear mixed model with a negative binomial distribution. Results. From 1992 to 2017, the average effect of having an RTC law was significantly associated with 29% higher rates of firearm WPHs (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.14, 1.45). No other state-level policies were associated with firearm WPHs. Sensitivity analyses suggest robust findings. State-specific estimates suggest that passing an RTC law during our study period was significantly associated with 24% increase in firearm WPH rates (95% CI = 1.09, 1.40). Conclusions. This is the first study to our knowledge to examine the link between RTC firearm laws and firearm WPHs. Findings indicate that RTC laws likely pose a threat to worker safety and contribute to the recent body of literature that finds RTC laws are associated with increased incidence of violence.
AB - Objectives. To examine the impact of right-to-carry (RTC) firearm laws on firearm workplace homicides (WPHs) in the United States from 1992 to 2017. Methods. We employed 2 longitudinal methods to examine the average effect (pooled, cross-sectional, time-series analysis) and the state-specific effect (random effects meta-analysis) of RTC laws on WPHs committed by firearms from 1992 to 2017 in a 50-state panel. Both methods utilized a generalized linear mixed model with a negative binomial distribution. Results. From 1992 to 2017, the average effect of having an RTC law was significantly associated with 29% higher rates of firearm WPHs (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.14, 1.45). No other state-level policies were associated with firearm WPHs. Sensitivity analyses suggest robust findings. State-specific estimates suggest that passing an RTC law during our study period was significantly associated with 24% increase in firearm WPH rates (95% CI = 1.09, 1.40). Conclusions. This is the first study to our knowledge to examine the link between RTC firearm laws and firearm WPHs. Findings indicate that RTC laws likely pose a threat to worker safety and contribute to the recent body of literature that finds RTC laws are associated with increased incidence of violence.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305307
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305307
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31622144
AN - SCOPUS:85074674025
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 109
SP - 1747
EP - 1753
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 12
ER -