Is There a Policy That Reduces
Mass Public Shooting Deaths?
Dr. Carlisle E. Moody
Note: The following material is a treatise regarding policies that might reduce public mass murders. Reference is made to public "shootings'' - this is a term that JPFO deprecates, preferring to use the term "murders" instead. "Shooting" is a broad term which embraces something as simple as firearms training and practice - whereas in the context of criminal use of a firearm, often leading to deaths as well as injury, the use of ''murder'' is felt to be more appropriate.
By Dr. Carlisle E. Moody. July 21, 2023
Dr. Carl Moody, the Crime Prevention Research Center's research director, has published a new paper on stopping mass public shootings. A copy of the paper, "Is There a Policy That Reduces Mass Public Shooting Deaths?" Economics, Law and Policy, July 2023 — available for download.
Abstract:
The fact that an individual is willing to commit the most serious crime that carries with it the most serious punishment means that that person is unlikely to be deterred by laws with less serious consequences. This situation is compounded by the fact that many multiple victim public shooters are expecting, even planning, to die in the commission of their crimes. Combining newly developed and traditional difference-in-differences methodologies, we analyze several policies that have been suggested as possibly effective in reducing deaths due to mass public shootings. We find that none of the proposed policies significantly reduce such deaths. However, we find evidence that mass public shooting deaths are lower in places that allow the carrying of concealed firearms.
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