Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides / D. Mark Anderson, Joseph J. Sabia, Erdal Tekin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, D. Mark.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Sabia, Joseph J.

Tekin, Erdal.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w25209.

NBER working paper series no. w25209

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2018.

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.

Notes:

Print version record

November 2018.