- Description
There is a major flaw in federal firearm laws in the U.S. and in most states' laws; prohibited purchasers can acquire firearms from unlicensed private sellers without subjecting themselves to background checks and record-keeping requirements. Violent criminals and traffickers exploit this weakness with fatal consequences. This report discusses the need to improve background checks and handgun purchaser licensing laws which would result in reduced gun deaths.
- Funded by
- Bloomberg American Health Initiative of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Joyce Foundation
- Issue areas
- Crime and Safety
- Government Reform
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- Geography
- North America / United States (Eastern) / Connecticut
- North America / United States (Midwestern) / Missouri
- North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania
- North America / United States (Southern) / Virginia
- Copyright
- Copyright 2019 by Center for Gun Policy and Research at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- The Impact of Handgun Purchaser Licensing Laws on Gun Violence
- Publication date
- 2019-06-12
- Publication year
- 2019
- Authors
- Alexander D. McCourt , Cassandra K. Crifasi , Daniel W. Webster , Jayne O'Dwyer
- Copyright holder(s)
- Center for Gun Policy and Research at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Geographical focus
- North America / United States (Midwestern) / Missouri, North America / United States (Southern) / Virginia, North America / United States (Northeastern) / Pennsylvania, North America / United States (Eastern) / Connecticut
- Keywords
- handgun, firearm, gun violence, licensing
- Document type
- Report/Whitepaper
- URL
- https://gunviolence.issuelab.org/resource/the-impact-of-handgun-purchaser-licensing-laws-on-gun-violence.html
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