The effect of gun ownership rates on homicide rates: a state-level analysis

Mark Gius

Applied Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 16, issue 17, 1687-1690

Abstract: The purpose of the present study is to examine the link between gun ownership rates and homicide rates. Using a very large cross-sectional survey dataset in order to obtain estimates for household-level gun ownership rates, and state-level data on homicides, the results indicate that gun ownership rates have a statistically significant and positive effect on the homicide rates at the 10% significance level. This result suggests that efforts to restrict access to firearms may reduce murders.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850701675508

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