Gun Buyback programs have been implemented in various forms in countries such as the UK, USA, Brazil, Australia, and Argentina. Whether or not these programs are an effective approach for reducing national violent crime and homicides, however, remains unclear. Much of...
Deutsch and Alt (1977) use a time series quasi-experiment to assess the impact of the Massachusetts gun control law on gun-related crime in Boston. They conclude that the new law resulted in a statistically significant drop in both armed robberies and gun assaults,...