Effects of Gun Control on Homicide in Canada
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 75 (1) , 81-82
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.81
Abstract
Data from Canada from 1969 to 1985 showed that the passage of a stricter firearms control law in 1977 was associated with a decrease in the use of firearms for homicide but an increase in the use of all other methods for homicide.Keywords
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