ArticleAmerican journal of public health2023
Impact of a Permitless Concealed Firearm Carry Law in West Virginia, 1999-2015 and 2016-2020.
Article in American journal of public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Evaluation of the United States' Permitless Concealed Carry Laws and Child Health in the ECHO Cohort.Health and human rights · 2026Article
- State Gun Laws and Firearm Suicide Rates.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- How firearm legislation impacts firearm mortality internationally: A scoping review.Health policy OPEN · 2024Article
- Trends in workplace homicides in the U.S., 1994-2021: An end to years of decline.American journal of industrial medicine · 2024Article
- Trends in pediatric firearm-related injuries and disparities in acute outcomes.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
We used firearm mortality and sales data to assess the impact of HB 4145, a May 2016 law that legalized concealed firearm carry without a permit in West Virginia. Firearm mortality was significantly higher (29%) in the years after the enactment of the law; handgun mortality was also higher (48% increase), whereas long gun deaths and firearm sales were unaffected. This may suggest that HB 4145 increased rates of firearm-related mortality in West Virginia without affecting firearm sales in the state. (
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