Differences in public support for handgun purchaser licensing

Objective To assess whether there are differences in support for handgun purchaser licensing. Methods We used data from four waves of online, national polling on gun policy. To estimate differences in support for licensing across groups, we categorised respondents by whether they personally owned a gun, lived in a state with handgun purchaser licensing or lived in a state regulating private sales without a licensing system. Results Eighty-four...