TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Anderson, D. Mark
AU  - Sabia, Joseph J.
AU  - Tekin, Erdal
        TI  - Child Access Prevention Laws and Juvenile Firearm-Related Homicides
        PY  - 2018/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11898
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11898
        AB  - Debate over safe-storage gun regulations has captured public attention in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings committed by minors. Whether these laws actually decrease youth gun violence, however, is an unanswered question. Using data from the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports for the period 1985-2013, this study is the first to estimate the relationship between child access prevention (CAP) laws and firearm-related homicides committed by juveniles. Our results suggest that CAP laws are associated with a 19 percent reduction in juvenile firearm-related homicides. The estimated effect is stronger among whites than blacks 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.
        KW  - homicides
KW  - child access prevention laws
KW  - gun control
KW  - crime
        ER  -