Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides

D. Mark Anderson (), Joseph J. Sabia () and Erdal Tekin
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D. Mark Anderson: Montana State University
Joseph J. Sabia: San Diego State University

No 11898, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Debate over safe-storage gun regulations has captured public attention in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings committed by minors. Whether these laws actually decrease youth gun violence, however, is an unanswered question. Using data from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports for the period 1985-2013, this study is the first to estimate the relationship between child access prevention (CAP) laws and firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles. Our results suggest that CAP laws are associated with a 19 percent reduction in juvenile firearm-related homicides. The estimated effect is stronger among whites than blacks and is driven by states enforcing the strictest safe-storage standard. We find no evidence that CAP laws are associated with firearm-related homicides committed by adults or with non-firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles, suggesting that the observed relationship between CAP laws and juvenile firearm-related homicides is causal.

Keywords: homicides; child access prevention laws; gun control; crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H7 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2018-10
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Published - published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 126, 103387.

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