Citation

Doucette ML, Crifasi CK, McCourt AD, Ward JA, Fix RL, Webster DW. Criminol. Public Policy 2024; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, American Society of Criminology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1745-9133.12638

PMID

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Abstract

Research Summary We utilized the synthetic difference-in-difference method to estimate the impact of adopting a permitless Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW) law on rates of assaults, robberies, and homicides committed with a firearm and by other means, as well as weapons arrests, from 1981 to 2019. We stratified permitless CCW laws by whether they previously prohibited violent misdemeanants from obtaining a CCW permit or previously required live firearm training to obtain a permit prior to law adoption.

FINDINGS robust to sensitivity analyses suggest that states that lost a training requirement to obtain a CCW permit had 21 additional gun assaults per 100,000 population (SE = 5.2) (32% increase). Policy Implications In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, states should implement CCW permitting law provisions that may reduce the risk of firearm violence. Requiring live firearm training prior to carry a concealed weapon may attenuate negative health impacts of deregulation associated with permitless CCW laws.

Language: en

Keywords

firearms; policy evaluation; weapons-related arrests