State Firearm Law Navigator
Data VizPublished Apr 17, 2025
Research on the effects of gun laws requires good data on when and where such laws have been implemented. This digital visualization uses data from RAND’s longitudinal database of state firearm laws to show 20 classes of state firearm laws and where and when they have applied in the United States. It also allows users to download law data in a format useful for time-series analysis.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
- Availability: Web-Only
- Year: 2025
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/DVA243-4
- Document Number: DV-A243-4
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Morral, Andrew R., Dulani Woods, and Terry L. Schell, State Firearm Law Navigator, RAND Corporation, DV-A243-4, 2025. As of April 17, 2025: https://www.rand.org/pubs/visualizations/DVA243-4.html
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Morral, Andrew R., Dulani Woods, and Terry L. Schell, State Firearm Law Navigator. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2025. https://www.rand.org/pubs/visualizations/DVA243-4.html.
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