Axis
Urban Security
Problems addressed
Armed violence
Violent crimes

Effectiveness

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Promising

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Description

In recent decades, several countries have passed laws restricting the marketing and carrying of firearms. For example, the UK passed restrictive laws in 1988 and 1997; Canada in 1977, 1991, and 1995; Australia in 1996, with the approval of one of the world’s most restrictive pieces of legislation; in addition to reforms in Switzerland, New Zealand, Austria, South Africa, and even Brazil, where the “Statute of Disarmament“ (Law No. 10826/2003) was approved in 2003.
In contrast, most US states have been reducing those rules and expanding gun liberalization. Surveys have been assessing the impact of those laws in relation to a set of crimes, such as homicides, femicides, suicides, and firearm injuries.

Country of application
  • Brazil
  • United States
Evidence

The Crime Solutions platform presents a meta-analysis that evaluated the impact of 29 studies on firearm regulation and concluded that restricting the circulation, possession, and carrying of guns is a promising measure to reduce violent crimes committed with firearms [1].
In evaluating this same study and two additional references, the Crime Reduction Toolkit portal notes that, in general, gun regulation laws are effective to reduce violent crimes [1] [2] [3].

Bibliography

[1] Makarios, M. D., Pratt, T. C. (2012). The Effectiveness of Policies and Programs That Attempt to Reduce Firearm Violence. Crime & Delinquency, 58(2), 222–244. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128708321321

[2] Hahn, R. A., Bilukha, O., Crosby, A., Fullilove, M. T., Liberman, A., Moscicki, E., Snyder, S., Tuma, F., Briss, P. A. (2005). Firearms laws and the reduction of violence: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28(2 Suppl 1), 40–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2004.10.005

[3] Zeoli, A. M., Malinski, R., Turchan, B. (2016). Risks and Targeted Interventions: Firearms in Intimate Partner Violence. Epidemiologic Reviews, 38, 125-139. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26739680/

Information Source

Evaluated cases

Inspection of the Ban on Carrying Firearms

Axis: Urban Security
Type: Firearms Regulation
Effectiveness:

Effective

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Effective
Problem type:
Homicides, Robberies, Interpersonal violence or injuries
Country:
Colombia
Open

Disarmament Statute (Brazil)

Axis: Urban Security
Type: Firearms Regulation
Effectiveness:

Promising

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Promising
Problem type:
Homicides
Country:
Brazil
Open

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