Variations in State Laws on Mental Health-Related Firearm Prohibition

Deirdre M Bowen; Ali Rowhani-Rahbar; Alexander McCourt; Marian Betz; Frederick P Rivara

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5092

Variations in State Laws on Mental Health-Related Firearm Prohibition

JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Dec 1;183(12):1402-1404. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5092.

Authors

Deirdre M Bowen^{1

2}, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar^{2

3

4}, Alexander McCourt^{5

6

7}, Marian Betz^{8

9}, Frederick P Rivara^{2

10

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington.
² Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program, Seattle, Washington.
³ Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁵ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁷ Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy Center for Law and the Public's Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁸ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora.
⁹ VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Aurora.
¹⁰ Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle.

PMID: 37843848
PMCID: PMC10580151 (available on 2024-10-16)
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.5092

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This quality improvement study assesses heterogeneity in state rules regarding reporting of mental health conditions to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System when individuals seek to acquire firearms.

MeSH terms

Firearms*
Homicide
Humans
Mental Health
Suicide*
United States
Wounds, Gunshot* / epidemiology
Wounds, Gunshot* / prevention & control