+ Safe-Storage Gun Laws: Accidental Deaths, Suicides, and Crime
- Author:
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Lott, John R., Jr. / Whitley, John E.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 44, no. 2, October 2001, pp. 659-89
- Topics:
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Crime, Legislation and Policy
- Keywords:
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Suicide, crime rates, firearm accidents, gun laws, gun storage
The authors examine the hypothesis that laws that hold gun owners responsible if a child gains access to a gun that was stored unsafely (e.g., unlocked and loaded) may have the unintended effect of increasing...
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