title: Evaluating the effect of state regulation of federally licensed firearm dealers on firearm homicide.
abstract: Effective federal regulation of firearm dealers has proven difficult. Consequently, many states choose to implement their own regulations. We examined the impact of state-required licensing, record keeping of sales, allowable inspections, and mandatory theft reporting on firearm homicide from 1995 to 2010. We found that lower homicide rates were associated with states that required licensing and inspections. We concluded that firearm dealer regulations might be an effective harm reduction strategy for firearm homicide.
authors.affiliation: At the time of this study, Nathan Irvin was with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Karin Rhodes is with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Rose Cheney and Douglas Wiebe are with the Firearm Injury Center at Penn (FICAP), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Irvin
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cheney
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wiebe
mesh_terms: D035082:Federal Government; D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000401:mortality*