Young people in the United States are increasingly grappling with severe mental health
disorders. In 2019, 15.7 percent of children ages 12–17 experienced a major depressive …

Exposure to firearms increased substantially after the December 2012 shooting at Sandy
Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where 20 children and 6 adults were …

With an alarming frequency, the United States is experiencing mass shooting events, which
often result in heated public debates on firearm control. Whether such events play any role …

A record number of firearm background checks were completed at the onset of the COVID-
19 pandemic and during the protests following the murder of George Floyd. Using monthly …

We exploit within‐state variation across time in both the existence and length of statutory
delays–both explicit wait periods and delays created by licensing requirements–between …

Firearms account for most self-harm deaths, and many more Americans kill themselves with
a firearm each year than are murdered with one. Mental illness is an important risk factor for …

This paper analyses the trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) from 1990 to 2017.
Our analysis relies on an unbalanced panel of 79,245 observations reporting SALW exports …

Despite public interest in keeping guns out of schools, little is known about the effects of gun
control on youths' gun carrying or school violence. Using data from the Youth Risk Behavior …

School shootings are the highest profile type of murder in the United States. They are also
the rarest type of murder. In 2014, there were only 17 firearm murders that were perpetrated …

Purpose Youth suicide is increasing at a significant rate and is the second leading cause of
death for adolescents. There is an urgent public health need to address the youth suicide …