Effects of Restrictive Licensing of Handguns on Homicide and Suicide in the District of Columbia
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- 5 December 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (23), 1615-1620
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199112053252305
Abstract
Whether restricting access to handguns will reduce firearm-related homicides and suicides is currently a matter of intense debate. In 1976 the District of Columbia adopted a law that banned the purchase, sale, transfer, or possession of handguns by civilians. We evaluated the effect of implementing this law on the frequency of homicides and suicides.Keywords
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