One Gun a Month Laws: Do They Reduce Murder Rates?
11 Pages Posted: 18 Feb 2016 Last revised: 20 Oct 2017
Date Written: February 15, 2016
Abstract
A number of states have passed laws to limit gun sales to one gun a month in an attempt to reduce unlawful gun trafficking. Some states have subsequently repealed such laws. Do these laws reduce murder rates? This paper examines evidence that changes in murder rates associated with these laws are more plausibly explained by reductions in other measurable symptoms of social disorder.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Cramer, Clayton E., One Gun a Month Laws: Do They Reduce Murder Rates? (February 15, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2732735 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2732735
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