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Updated findings from RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative include supportive evidence that minimum age requirements for purchasing a firearm reduce firearm suicides among young people. And there's supportive evidence for stand-your-ground and concealed-carry laws on a broader set of outcomes.
An overview of the key findings from RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative, which aimed to provide objective information on what is and isn't known about the effects of different gun laws, to create tools and resources to improve the quality of research on gun policy, and improve the national debate on developing fair and effective gun policies.
Much of current federal gun control legislation is a baseline, governing who can buy, sell and use certain classes of firearms, with states left free to enact additional restrictions.
About six-in-ten U.S. adults (58%) favor stricter gun laws. Another 26% say that U.S. gun laws are about right, while 15% favor less strict gun laws. There is broad partisan agreement on some gun policy proposals, but most are politically divisive.
Americans broadly agree on numerous gun violence prevention policies—regardless of their political affiliation or whether or not they own guns—according to a new national public opinion survey from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
The debate over U.S. gun laws has raged for decades, often reigniting after high-profile mass shootings. Gun violence has surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Gun ownership and gun homicide...
Some Americans advocate for their right to keep and bear arms, enshrined in the Constitution, while others argue gun control measures save lives and do not infringe citizen rights. Amid the...
For state and local gun laws, see Gun laws in the United States by state. In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is modulated by a variety of state and federal statutes. These laws generally regulate the manufacture, trade, possession, transfer, record keeping, transport, and destruction of firearms, ammunition, and firearms ...
This transdisciplinary volume contains a novel collection of articles that overview the evolution of American gun policy, presents evidence on the efficacy of both policy and non-policy interventions, and provides insight on where we go from here given American culture, norms, and legal structures.
Summary of the analysis of 13 gun policies and their effects on eight outcomes, carried out as part of the Gun Policy in America initiative. Results of a systematic review of broad classes of gun policies and how they affect different outcomes in the United States.