Firearm Legislation and Firearm Mortality in the USA: A Cross-Sectional, State-Level Study

Authors

Bindu KalesanFollow
Matthew MobilyFollow
Olivia KeiserFollow
Jeffrey Fagan, Columbia Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

In an effort to reduce firearm mortality rates in the USA, US states have enacted a range of firearm laws to either strengthen or deregulate the existing main federal gun control law, the Brady Law. We set out to determine the independent association of different firearm laws with overall firearm mortality, homicide firearm mortality, and suicide firearm mortality across all US states. We also projected the potential reduction of firearm mortality if the three most strongly associated firearm laws were enacted at the federal level.

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Health Law and Policy | Law | Second Amendment

Recommended Citation

Bindu Kalesan, Matthew Mobily, Olivia Keiser & Jeffrey Fagan, Firearm Legislation and Firearm Mortality in the USA: A Cross-Sectional, State-Level Study, The Lancet, Vol. 387, No. 10030, p. 1847, 2016; Columbia Public Law Research Paper No. 14-501 (2016).
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