Firearm injury hospitalizations and handgun purchaser licensing laws: longitudinal evaluation of state-level purchaser licensure requirements on firearm violence, 2000–2016
HPL laws appear to be protective against hospitalizations for nonfatal firearm injuries. These findings align with prior research indicating that HPL laws are effective in reducing fatal firearm violence. States without such licensing systems ought to consider these robust policies as a means to address firearm violence.
Authors
- Nicholas S. Meyerson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9032-0758)
- Mitchell L. Doucette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5558-2218)
- Cassandra K. Crifasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-5389)
- Elizabeth Wagner
- Daniel Webster
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-08-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00522-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.53
Funders
- National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research