The Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) is conducting systematic
reviews of scientific evidence about diverse interventions for the prevention of violence,
and resulting injury and death, including, among others, early childhood home visitation,
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therapeutic foster care,
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the transfer of juveniles to the adult justice system, school programs for the teaching
of prosocial behavior, and community policing. This report presents findings about
the effectiveness of firearms laws in preventing violence. Studies of the following
firearms laws were included in the review: bans on specified firearms or ammunition;
restrictions on firearms acquisition; waiting periods for firearms acquisition; firearms
registration; licensing of firearms owners; “shall issue” carry laws that allow people
who pass background checks to carry concealed weapons; child access prevention laws;
zero tolerance laws for firearms in schools; and combinations of firearms laws.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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