A Call to Arms Research

Any realistic firearms policy must start with a recognition of the tradeoffs between the benefits of access to guns and the harms from their misuse. Just as with many other policy realms, regulations can be set to give consumers the benefit of a technology while limiting potential harm to others. Finding the right solution begins with better data collection, proceeds to a weighing of costs and benefits, and eventually leads to sensible policy, such as regulation or taxation. Evaluating gun policy requires carefully laying out the various ways that guns provide benefits and harms. For instance, researchers need to estimate the benefits that firearms provide to millions of regular hunters and target shooters. Researchers also need data on physical and psychological costs to individuals, both due to injuries and deaths, but also the costs of precautions taken to avoid the risk of being shot. Standard social science approaches, such as the use of contingent valuation or analyses of…

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