Citation

Hahn RA, Bilukha OO, Crosby AE, Fullilove MT, Liberman A, Moscicki E, Snyder S, Tuma F, Briss PA, Task Force on Community Preventive Services (USA). Am. J. Prev. Med. 2005; 28(2 Suppl 1): 40-71.

Affiliation

Epidemiology Program Office , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.amepre.2004.10.005

PMID

15698747

Abstract

The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) is conducting systematic reviews of scientific evidence about diverse interventions for the prevention of violence, and resulting injury and death, including, among others, early childhood home visitation, therapeutic foster care, the transfer of juveniles to the adult justice system, school programs for the teaching of prosocial behavior, and community policing. This report presents findings about the effectiveness of firearms laws in preventing violence. Studies of the following firearms laws were included in the review: bans on specified firearms or ammunition; restrictions on firearms acquisition; waiting periods for firearms acquisition; firearms registration; licensing of firearms owners; “shall issue” carry laws that allow people who pass background checks to carry concealed weapons; child access prevention laws; zero tolerance laws for firearms in schools; and combinations of firearms laws.