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Title: Effects of State-Level Firearm Seller Accountability Policies on Firearm Trafficking

Publication Date: May 29, 2009

What does it say?

Strong gun dealer licensing and oversight and background checks for private sales of guns help to reduce gun trafficking within a state.

Using data from 54 U.S. cities, researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health studied the impact of gun laws on gun trafficking within a state (as opposed to trafficking from one state to another). They concluded:

- Strong, enforced gun dealer licensing laws reduce gun trafficking within a state by 64 percent.

- Requiring state background checks for private sales reduces gun trafficking within a state by 48 percent.

The researchers observed no effect of one gun a month laws on gun trafficking within a state. (The study did not examine the effect of one-gun-per-month laws on trafficking from one state to another. The findings from prior studies of these laws suggest that they reduce gun trafficking from one state to another.)

Only three states have one gun a month policies (California, Maryland, and Virginia). California and Maryland were shown to have low intra-state gun trafficking. The third, Virginia, had much higher intrastate gun trafficking and also had none of the other gun seller restrictions.

How can I use it?

This report provides strong evidence that adopting strong gun dealer licensing laws and background checks for private sales will reduce gun trafficking within a state. Provide the facts in the report to state and federal legislators and to the media to educate them that gun laws work.

Citation

Webster, Daniel W., Jon S. Vernick, and Maria T Bulzacchelli. “Effects of State-Level Firearm Seller Accountability Policies on Firearm Trafficking.” Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 86 (2009): 525-37.

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