@article{ref1,
title="Do firearm markets comply with firearm restrictions? How the Massachusetts assault weapons ban enforcement notice changed registered firearm sales",
journal="Journal of empirical legal studies",
year="2022",
author="Balakrishna, Meenakshi and Wilbur, Kenneth C.",
volume="19",
number="1",
pages="60-89",
abstract="How well do firearm markets comply with firearm restrictions? The Massachusetts Attorney General issued an Enforcement Notice in 2016 to announce a new interpretation of the key phrase &quot;copies and duplicates&quot; in the state's assault weapons ban. The Enforcement Notice increased assault rifle sales by 1349 (+560%) within 5 days, followed by a reduction of 211 (−58%) over the next 3 weeks. Assault rifle sales were 64%-66% lower in 2017 than in comparable earlier periods, suggesting that the Enforcement Notice reduced assault weapon sales but also that many banned weapons continued to be sold.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1740-1453",
doi="10.1111/jels.12307",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jels.12307"
}