Johns Hopkins: Only Purchaser Licensing Reduces Gun Homicides and Suicides
Gun licenses save lives.
A new white paper from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health concludes that of the approaches used by states to screen out prohibited individuals from owning firearms, only purchaser licensing has been shown to reduce gun homicides and suicides. Purchaser licensing is currently used by nine states and Washington, D.C.
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Credit: Johns Hopkins/The Impact of Handgun Purchaser Licensing on Gun Violenc
In general, states with licensing require prospective gun buyers to apply for a license with a state or local law enforcement agency, pass a background check, often submit fingerprints, and, in some cases, show evidence of gun safety training. States with licensing typically have more thorough processes for checking backgrounds, allow law enforcement more time to conduct those checks, or have mandatory waiting periods.
To date, available research shows that states with comprehensive background checks that are not part of a licensing system experience fewer guns diverted to criminal use. However, research to date has not shown that background checks alone lead to significant reductions in gun-related deaths.
In comparison, earlier research from the report authors showed that when Missouri repealed its handgun purchaser licensing law in 2007, homicides rose an estimated 17 to 27 percent through 2016. A separate study found the repeal was associated with a 16 percent increase in firearm suicides through 2012. In contrast, when Connecticut enacted a handgun licensing law in 1995 to supplement its universal background check policy, the state experienced a 40 percent decrease in gun homicides and a 15 percent reduction in gun suicides over the first ten years the law was in effect.
“The most likely reasons we see impacts on firearm homicides and suicides for licensing and not for comprehensive background checks witout licensing center on the more direct interface between prospective purchasers and law enforcement and more robust systems for background checks,” says report co-author Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research and Bloomberg Professor of American Health at the Bloomberg School. “These procedures may deter individuals who might otherwise make impulsive decisions to acquire a gun to hurt themselves or others.”
The white paper posits that one reason advocacy organizations have pushed policymakers to adopt comprehensive background checks (versus licensing) is because of their broad appeal: Polls consistently find that over 85 percent of U.S. adults support comprehensive background checks with no difference between gun owners and non-gun owners.
Yet, says Crifasi, national public opinion surveys also show that three-quarters of adults support laws requiring handgun purchasers to obtain a license from a law enforcement agency, with support among gun owners at 60 percent.
“Given this level of support among the population, including gun owners, and the robust body of evidence on the effectiveness of licensing laws, policymakers should consider licensing as a key strategy to reduce gun violence in the communities they serve,” Crifasi says.
In addition to Washington, D.C., the nine states that have licensing requirements include Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina.
In the 2018-2019 legislative session, gun purchasing licensing bills were introduced in Oregon, Delaware and Minnesota. Last year, both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate introduced measures that would incentivize states to adopt handgun licensing laws.
“The Impact of Handgun Purchaser Licensing Laws” was written by Cassandra K. Crifasi, Alexander D. McCourt and Daniel W. Webster. All researchers are with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
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suicides by gun dropped by 15 percent while suicide by other means rose 32 percent–people got really suicidal trying to buy a gun !!! freakin goooooovermint/ phd idiots……
We should all know by now that Donald Trump has ZERO intention of draining the SWAMP, not even from day 1. So apparently WE THE PEOPLE need to make it EASIER for people to obtain assault weapons in accordance with the 2nd Amendment. Sadly in this respect the homicide rate in the USA is FAR TOO LOW!!!!!!! The time has come to STOP pushing for Guantanamo safe havens for these Luciferian CRIMINALS!
By the way the latest perpetrator is Donald Trump who just signed an Executive Order which green-lights making it FAR easier for GMO companies to get their products to market:
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-modernizing-regulatory-framework-agricultural-biotechnology-products
Trump Sets Precedent For 100% Gun Confiscation With His EO for Funding a Border Wall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foUUSP2IlBY
When asked about Clinton prosecution promise, Trump says he doesn’t want to hurt them, they’re good people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPK7uStv6zA
In response to a crowd chanting ‘lock her up’ Trump said “Naw, stop that. No, forget it. That played great, before the election. Now we don’t care right?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=lojUM9wihfI
Trump says/admits “drain the swamp” was cute [a campaign trick] but no longer needed
Rather Than Drain It, Trump Advisers Opt to Join DC Swamp
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-21/trump-adviser-says-he-is-ditching-drain-the-swamp
- http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?505636-Trump-says-quot-drain-the-swamp-quot-was-cute-but-no-longer-needed
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3GBFrabGrc
Regardless of Intent Your Vote is Effectively a Hate Crime [The REAL Donald Trump Revealed]:
- /v3/new-world-order/2018/8235.html
Where did they get their numbers, I’m going to call BS.?