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The effectiveness of gun control laws: "disarmament statute" and public safety in the city of são paulo
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In this article, the authors evaluate the effect of the guns control federal law, commonly known as the ''Disarmament Statute'' on public safety indicators in the city of Sao Paulo.Abstract:
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of the guns control federal law, commonly known as the ―Disarmament Statute‖, on public safety indicators in the city of Sao Paulo. Applying a time series analysis, the hypothesis that adoption of a disarmament policy caused a reduction in crime rates is not rejected. Moreover, empirical evidences indicates that the gun control law has caused a reduction in the mean of policeman injured or killed on duty and an increase in the mean of firearms seized by police. Therefore, we conclude that this law has caused positive results on public safety in the city of Sao Paulo.read more
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Policy Spillover and Gun Migration: The Interstate Dynamics of State Gun Control Policies
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine state policy spillover by examining how differences between state gun control policies affect the migration of guns between states with lax regulatory environments for gun purchasing and licensing to states with relatively strict regulatory environments.
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