Efforts to prevent firearm violence focus in part on federal licensees—gun dealers and
pawnbrokers. Some licensees account for disproportionate sales of firearms later used in …

Firearms have widely supported legitimate purposes but are also frequently used in violent
crimes. Owners and senior executives of federally licensed firearms dealers and …

Background Firearms may be obtained illegally from federally-licensed dealers and
pawnbrokers through surrogate (straw) purchases, undocumented purchases and theft …

Research has yet to identify a predictive relationship between crime and the issuance of
aggregated concealed gun permits. The present study examines if a macro-level …

We present the rationale behind four types of laws that restrict access to firearms for those
who are deemed to be a high risk for future gun violence and two types of laws that …

Research summary This study uses a combination of tract‐level and street network‐level
analyses to examine:(1) the overall association between federally licensed firearm dealers …

This study examined the relationship between state firearms homicides and background
checks for firearms purchases. Controlling for economic and social conditions, the estimated …

Criminals illegally obtaining firearms represent a great risk to many urban residents. This
cross-sectional study of 54 US cities uses data on state laws governing gun sales, a survey …

Introduction Although some view the ownership of firearms as a deterrent to crime, the
relationship between population-level firearm ownership rates and violent criminal …

Recent incidents of gun violence have raised questions about public access to “military-
style” firearms and the need for more-restrictive forms of gun control. Proponents of more …