@article {Wintemute58, author = {Garen J. Wintemute}, title = {Firearms Licensee Characteristics Associated with Sales of Crime-Involved Firearms and Denied Sales: Findings from the Firearms Licensee Survey}, volume = {3}, number = {5}, pages = {58--74}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.7758/RSF.2017.3.5.03}, publisher = {RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences}, abstract = {Efforts to prevent firearm violence focus in part on federal licensees{\textemdash}gun dealers and pawnbrokers. Some licensees account for disproportionate sales of firearms later used in crime or denied because of failed background checks. These characteristics tend to co-occur and have been used to identify licensees who may be important point sources of firearms used in crime. Using data from a forty-three-state survey, this study finds licensee and community attributes associated with these characteristics, including sales of inexpensive handguns, exposure to illegal activity, and location in a major metropolitan area. Respondents with disproportionate sales and denied sales express increased concern about firearm violence and support for policies to prevent it, suggesting that some important sources of crime-involved firearms could be significant partners in prevention efforts.}, issn = {2377-8253}, URL = {https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/3/5/58}, eprint = {https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/3/5/58.full.pdf}, journal = {RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences} }