Man, the bullpen at Chin Hae Navy base in Korea came right to mind when you said this. The swabbies coming back from 90 days of bombardment duty in the 70's were ripe for action.
Connecticut handgun licensing law associated with 40 percent drop in gun homicides
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Man, the bullpen at Chin Hae Navy base in Korea came right to mind when you said this. The swabbies coming back from 90 days of bombardment duty in the 70's were ripe for action.
here's the abstract and full text pdf
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Association Between Connecticut’s Permit-to-Purchase Handgun Law and Homicides
Kara E. Rudolph, PhD, MPH, MHS, Elizabeth A. Stuart, PhD, Jon S. Vernick, JD, and Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH
Kara E. Rudolph is with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco; and Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Elizabeth A. Stuart is with the Departments of Mental Health and Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Jon S. Vernick and Daniel W. Webster are with the Center for Gun Policy and Research, Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Correspondence should be sent to Daniel W. Webster, 624 N. Broadway, Room 593, Baltimore, MD 21205 (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.
Contributors
K. E. Rudolph contributed to the study design and interpretation of results and led the analysis, drafting, and revision of the article. E. A. Stuart contributed to the study design, analysis, interpretation of results, and article revisions. J. S. Vernick contributed to obtaining the data, interpreting the results, and revising the article. D. W. Webster conceptualized the study and contributed to obtaining the data, interpreting the results, and drafting and revising the article.
ABSTRACT
Objectives. We sought to estimate the effect of Connecticut’s implementation of a handgun permit-to-purchase law in October 1995 on subsequent homicides.
Methods. Using the synthetic control method, we compared Connecticut’s homicide rates after the law’s implementation to rates we would have expected had the law not been implemented. To estimate the counterfactual, we used longitudinal data from a weighted combination of comparison states identified based on the ability of their prelaw homicide trends and covariates to predict prelaw homicide trends in Connecticut.
Results. We estimated that the law was associated with a 40% reduction in Connecticut’s firearm homicide rates during the first 10 years that the law was in place. By contrast, there was no evidence for a reduction in nonfirearm homicides.
Conclusions. Consistent with prior research, this study demonstrated that Connecticut’s handgun permit-to-purchase law was associated with a subsequent reduction in homicide rates. As would be expected if the law drove the reduction, the policy’s effects were only evident for homicides committed with firearms. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print June 11, 2015: e1–e6. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302703)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302703
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Association Between Connecticut’s Permit-to-Purchase Handgun Law and Homicides
Kara E. Rudolph, PhD, MPH, MHS, Elizabeth A. Stuart, PhD, Jon S. Vernick, JD, and Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH
Kara E. Rudolph is with the School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley; Center for Health and Community, University of California, San Francisco; and Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Elizabeth A. Stuart is with the Departments of Mental Health and Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Jon S. Vernick and Daniel W. Webster are with the Center for Gun Policy and Research, Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Correspondence should be sent to Daniel W. Webster, 624 N. Broadway, Room 593, Baltimore, MD 21205 (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the “Reprints” link.
Contributors
K. E. Rudolph contributed to the study design and interpretation of results and led the analysis, drafting, and revision of the article. E. A. Stuart contributed to the study design, analysis, interpretation of results, and article revisions. J. S. Vernick contributed to obtaining the data, interpreting the results, and revising the article. D. W. Webster conceptualized the study and contributed to obtaining the data, interpreting the results, and drafting and revising the article.
ABSTRACT
Objectives. We sought to estimate the effect of Connecticut’s implementation of a handgun permit-to-purchase law in October 1995 on subsequent homicides.
Methods. Using the synthetic control method, we compared Connecticut’s homicide rates after the law’s implementation to rates we would have expected had the law not been implemented. To estimate the counterfactual, we used longitudinal data from a weighted combination of comparison states identified based on the ability of their prelaw homicide trends and covariates to predict prelaw homicide trends in Connecticut.
Results. We estimated that the law was associated with a 40% reduction in Connecticut’s firearm homicide rates during the first 10 years that the law was in place. By contrast, there was no evidence for a reduction in nonfirearm homicides.
Conclusions. Consistent with prior research, this study demonstrated that Connecticut’s handgun permit-to-purchase law was associated with a subsequent reduction in homicide rates. As would be expected if the law drove the reduction, the policy’s effects were only evident for homicides committed with firearms. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print June 11, 2015: e1–e6. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302703)
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302703
Connecticut’s murder rate did start to decline in 1995 as it did in other states. One thing that needs to be noted is that in 1994, Connecticut adopted the “Third Strike Rule”.
Gotta love the northeast mindset. I was in Boston a couple of weeks ago, there is an anti-gun group that is plastering huge signs everywhere.
Right off of the highway I saw one that stated "Assault weapons have stopping power, use your votes to stop them", Then there was an LED counter that had the "number of gun deaths since Sandyhook", and the number was in the high 70K's. Not sure how they cooked the gun deaths number, but it was certainly there for impact.
Here is a link to the organization behind the signs...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...gn-turnpike/NVPbQBdhDH1NCMXDPuNnVJ/story.html
Right off of the highway I saw one that stated "Assault weapons have stopping power, use your votes to stop them", Then there was an LED counter that had the "number of gun deaths since Sandyhook", and the number was in the high 70K's. Not sure how they cooked the gun deaths number, but it was certainly there for impact.
Here is a link to the organization behind the signs...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2...gn-turnpike/NVPbQBdhDH1NCMXDPuNnVJ/story.html
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