RT Article
T1 The smoking gun: How gun policies influence types of firearms involved in violent crimes in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 25
IS 2
SP 354
OP 373
A1 Zouhar, Ladislav
A2 Bartoszewicz, Monika Gabriela 1980-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1920374191
AB The article contributes to the discussion about gun control by examining whether restrictions on certain types of firearms influence the number of crimes committed with these types of guns. The aim is to determine whether there is any causal nexus between the stringency of gun policy and the number of violent crimes committed with firearms. A comparative analysis is conducted in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. Our research shows that the strictness of gun policy and legal availability have a very small influence on crime; hence, further restrictions will not help to reduce the number of violent crimes committed with firearms. More useful approaches seem to deal with the black market, arms trafficking and related societal problems.
K1 Violent Crime
K1 United Kingdom
K1 Gun policy
K1 Gun control
K1 Czech Republic
DO 10.1177/17488958221134059