State-Level Firearm Laws and Firearm Homicide in US Cities: Heterogenous Associations by City Characteristics.

ABSTRACT: Despite well-studied associations of state firearm laws with lower state- and county-level firearm homicide, there is a shortage of studies investigating differences in the effects of distinct state firearm law categories on various cities within the same state using identical methods. We examined associations of 5 categories of state firearm laws-pertaining to buyers, dealers, domestic violence, gun type/trafficking, and possession-with city-level firearm homicide, and then tested differential associations by city characteristics. City-level panel data on firearm homicide cases of 78 major cities from 2010 to 2020 was assessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics System. We modeled log-transformed firearm homicide rates as a function of firearm l

SUBMITTER: Kim B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11052935 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature