@article{eb1388577bf34a868e485fa10dfb4e3a,
title = "The initial impact of Maryland's firearm safety act of 2013 on the supply of crime handguns in Baltimore",
abstract = "This study assesses the impact of Maryland's Firearm Safety Act (FSA) of 2013 on indicators of diversion of handguns to prohibited persons. Interrupted time-series analyses were conducted, and the findings were supplemented by results from a survey of men on parole and probation regarding Baltimore's underground gun market. The FSA was associated with an 82 percent reduction in police recovery of handguns with strong indicators of diversion (IRR=0.18, p=.005). Forty-one percent of survey respondents reported having more difficulty getting a handgun after the FSA because of increased cost, lack of trusted sources, or people less willing to engage in straw purchases on their behalf. These findings are consistent with the theory that the FSA reduces the diversion of handguns into the underground market.",
keywords = "Diversion, Gun policy, Underground market",
author = "Crifasi, {Cassandra K.} and Buggs, {Shani A.L.} and Seema Choksy and Webster, {Daniel W.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was provided by grants from the Raab Foundation and Everytown for Gun Safety to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. Funding Information: {\textcopyright} 2017 Russell Sage Foundation. Crifasi, Cassandra K., Shani A.L. Buggs, Seema Choksy, and Daniel W. Web - ster. 2017. “The Initial Impact of Maryland{\textquoteright}s Firearm Safety Act of 2013 on the Supply of Crime Handguns in Baltimore.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 3(5): 128–40. DOI: 10.7758 /RSF.2017.3.5.06. Funding for this research was provided by grants from the Raab Foundation and Everytown for Gun Safety to the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. Direct correspondence to: Cassandra K. Crifasi at crifasi@jhu.edu, 624 N Broadway, Rm 593, Baltimore, MD 21205; Shani A.L. Buggs at sbuggs1@jhu .edu, 624 N Broadway, Rm 586, Baltimore, MD 21205; Seema Choksy at schoksy1@jhu.edu, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205; and Daniel W. Webster at dwebster@jhu.edu, 624 N Broadway, Rm 580, Baltimore, MD 21205. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Russell Sage Foundation.",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
doi = "10.7758/rsf.2017.3.5.06",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "128--140",
journal = "RSF",
issn = "2377-8253",
publisher = "Russell Sage Foundation",
number = "5",
}