TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The effect of large-capacity magazine bans on high-fatality mass shootings, 1990-2017
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Klarevas, Louis
A1  - Conner, Andrew
A1  - Hemenway, David
SP  - 1754
EP  - 1761
VL  - 109
IS  - 12
N2  - OBJECTIVEs. To evaluate the effect of large-capacity magazine (LCM) bans on the frequency and lethality of high-fatality mass shootings in the United States., Methods. We analyzed state panel data of high-fatality mass shootings from 1990 to 2017. We first assessed the relationship between LCM bans overall, and then federal and state bans separately, on (1) the occurrence of high-fatality mass shootings (logit regression) and (2) the deaths resulting from such incidents (negative binomial analysis). We controlled for 10 independent variables, used state fixed effects with a continuous variable for year, and accounted for clustering., Results. Between 1990 and 2017, there were 69 high-fatality mass shootings. Attacks involving LCMs resulted in a 62% higher mean average death toll. The incidence of high-fatality mass shootings in non-LCM ban states was more than double the rate in LCM ban states; the annual number of deaths was more than 3 times higher. In multivariate analyses, states without an LCM ban experienced significantly more high-fatality mass shootings and a higher death rate from such incidents., Conclusions. LCM bans appear to reduce both the incidence of, and number of people killed in, high-fatality mass shootings.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305311
ID  - ref1
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