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Smoking gun? Linking gun ownership to crime victimization

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  • Billings, Stephen B.

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Using linked individual data on concealed handgun permits (CHP), reported crimes and arrests, I examine the dynamics of gun-ownership and criminal victimization. I initially show that being male, Republican, older, born in-state and a recent crime victim increases the probability that an adult obtains a CHP. Having a CHP increases property crime victimization by 46% with the largest impact on having a firearm stolen. Individual CHP holders see no change in violent crime victimization thus dispelling any benefits in terms of protection. Obtaining a CHP has a small (2%) increase in total crime and a larger increase on violent crime using a gun (8%) within the CHP holders neighborhood. Results suggest stolen guns spillover to neighborhood crime which is an important component of the larger social costs of gun ownership.

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  • Billings, Stephen B., 2023. "Smoking gun? Linking gun ownership to crime victimization," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 222(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:222:y:2023:i:c:s0047272723000567
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104874
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    1. John J. Donohue, 2022. "The Effect of Permissive Gun Laws on Crime," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 704(1), pages 92-117, November.

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