@article{ref1,
title="Child access prevention laws and juvenile firearm-related homicides",
journal="Journal of urban economics",
year="2021",
author="Tekin, Erdal and Sabia, Joseph J. and Anderson, D. Mark",
volume="126",
number="",
pages="e103387-e103387",
abstract="Debate over safe-storage gun regulations has captured public attention in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings committed by minors. To date, the existing literature provides no evidence that these laws are effective at deterring gun crime, a conclusion that has prompted the National Rifle Association to assert that such regulations are &quot;unnecessary&quot; and &quot;ineffective.&quot; Using data from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports for the period 1985-2013, we find that child access prevention (CAP) laws are associated with a 17 percent reduction in firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles. The estimated effect is stronger among whites than nonwhites 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0094-1190",
doi="10.1016/j.jue.2021.103387",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2021.103387"
}