Gun Laws
- Gun Policy in America (2018)
- America Under Fire: An Analysis of Gun Violence in the United States and the Link to Weak Gun Laws (2016)
- Temporal Association Between Federal Gun Laws and the Diversion of Guns to Criminals in Milwaukee (2012)
- The Case for Gun Policy Reforms in America (2012)
- ATF: 2012 Summary: Firearms Reported Lost and Stolen
- Regulation of Firearm Dealers in the United States -- An Analysis of State Law and Opportunities for Improvement (2006)
- Impact Evaluation of the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994
Gun Court and Sentencing
Background Checks
- Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2012- Statistical Tables
- Sharing Promising Practices and Assessing Incentives Could Better Position Justice to Assist States in Providing Records for Background Checks (2012)
- State Background Checks for Gun Purchase and Firearm Deaths (2012)
- Terrorist Watch List Screening and Brady Background Checks for Firearms (2012)
Bans on Dangerous Weapons
- An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (2004)
- Effects of Maryland's Law Banning "Saturday Night Special" Handguns on Homicides (2002)
Firearms Prohibitions for High-Risk Individuals
Perpetrators of Domestic Violence
- State Intimate Partner Violence - Related Firearms Laws and Intimate Partner Homicde Rates, 1991 to 2015 (2017)
- Effects of Domestic Violence Policies, Alcohol Taxes and Police Staffing Levels on Intimate Partner Homicide in Large US Cities (2011)
- Women with Protective Orders Report Failure to Remove Firearms From Their Abusive Partners (2010)
- Removing Guns from Domestic Violence Offenders (Johns Hopkins) (2009)
- Do Laws Restricting Access to Firearms by Domestic Violence Offenders Prevent Intimate Partner Homicide (2006)
- Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Abusers -- Handgun Purchases and Restraining Orders (2008)
Youth
- Association Between Youth-Focused Firearm Laws and Youth Suicides (2004)
- The Effect of Child Access Prevention Laws on Unintentional Child Firearm Fatalities, 1979-2000 (2006)
- Reexamining the Association Between Child Access Prevention Gun Laws and Unintentional Shooting Deaths of Children (2000)
Violent Misdemeanants
Policies to Prevent the Diversion of Guns to Criminals and Other Prohibited Groups
Right to Carry Gun Laws
- Growing Public Support for Gun Rights- More Say Guns do More to Protect than Put People at Risk (2014)
- The Impact of Right-to-Carry Laws and the NRC Report: Lessons for the Empirical Evaluation of Law and Policy (2011)
Ammunition
Latest News
Contra Costa Crime lab leaves no gun or shell casing behind
Posted: August 15, 2018
Law enforcement departments across the country have access to the same system that Contra Costa has been using to catch the people committing gun crimes on its streets. It's known as the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, NIBIN for short, and it's maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. But NIBIN only works if police assiduously log all the casings they recover, and do so quickly, before trails grow ...
As Canada faces rising gun violence, tighter laws are a tough sell
Posted: August 15, 2018
Rising violence in Canada has prompted calls for the federal government to tighten gun laws but tougher regulations could cause a political backlash in a country where 2 million people are licensed to own a firearm. ...
Man Charged Despite Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Man
Posted: August 15, 2018
Florida prosecutors filed a manslaughter charge on Monday against a white man who shot and killed an unarmed black man in a dispute over a parking space, three weeks after the local sheriff had refused to arrest the man, citing the state’s sweeping and controversial Stand Your Ground law. ...
The deadliest city: Behind Chicago’s segregated shooting sprees
Posted: August 14, 2018
While its homicide rate is not the highest in the U.S., Chicago has consistently had more total killings than any other U.S. city — with 27 people killed since the beginning of the month. Why it matters: Racial segregation, wealth inequality, gangs and the inability of law enforcement to solve crimes have fueled the gun violence epidemic — and a handful of minority, impoverished neighborhoods have received the brunt of the impact. ...
How red flag laws could help families grappling with guns and mental illness
Posted: August 9, 2018
While some states have ed flag laws that allow a judge to temporarily remove a mentally ill person's access to guns, it's not easy to balance their rights with the need for public safety. Special correspondent John Ferrugia of Rocky Mountain PBS reports on how families wish they could have been more empowered to help ailing loved ones and prevent deadly violence. ...
