Citation

Kleck GD. Justice Q. 2021; 38(5): 916-924.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07418825.2020.1823455

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Fridel recently published a macro-level panel study of firearms homicide rates and counts of mass shootings, and concluded that higher gun ownership rates increase the number of mass shootings, and that more permissive laws on gun carrying increase the firearms homicide rate. The conclusions are unreliable because the study repeated the most important methodological errors identified in prior research.

Language: en

Keywords

bad research; gun control; Guns and violence; mass shootings; permissive carry laws