Public Mass Shootings: Counterfactual Trend Analysis of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assault weapon and large-capacity magazine bans are potential tools for policy makers to prevent public mass shootings. However, the efficacy of these bans is a continual source of debate. In an earlier study, we estimated the impact of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (FAWB) on the number of public mass shooting events in the United States. This study provides an updated assessment with 3 additional years of firearm surveillance data to characterize the longer-term effects.

Objective

This study aims to estimate the impact of the FAWB on trends in public mass shootings from 1966 to 2022.

Methods

We used linear regression to estimate the impact of the FAWB on the 4-year simple moving average of annual public mass shootings, defined by events with 4 or more de

SUBMITTER: Lundberg AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429070 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature