Briggs, William. 2017. How America Got Its Guns: A History of the Gun Violence Crisis ; (Albuquerque, University New Mexico Press). 352 pp. Paperback: ISBN 978-0-8263-5813-4. E-book 978-0-8263-5814-1. Quantitative literacy and statistics are just two many disciplines required to understand problem gun violence in America. However, it’s also useful appreciate their limitations an issue that is s...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between licensing and registration of firearm sales and an indicator of gun availability to criminals. METHODS Tracing data on all crime guns recovered in 25 cities in the United States were used to estimate the relationship between state gun law categories and the proportion of crime guns first sold by in-state gun dealers. RESULTS In cities located i...