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Objective Analysis. Effective Solutions.

This report, part of RAND's Gun Policy in America project, presents a collection of essays that synthesize the available scientific data on topics pertinent to firearm policy in the United States. In particular, the authors examine mass shootings, firearm and ammunition taxes, the effects of the 1996 National Firearms Agreement in Australia, whether mental illness is a risk factor for gun violence, and law enforcement approaches to reduce community gun violence.

• Chapter One

  Mass Shootings in the United States

  Rosanna Smart and Terry L. Schell

• Chapter Two

  Firearm and Ammunition Taxes

  Rosanna Smart

• Chapter Three

  The Effects of the 1996 National Firearms Agreement in Australia on Suicide, Homicide, and Mass Shootings

  Rajeev Ramchand and Jessica Saunders

• Chapter Four

  Is Mental Illness a Risk Factor for Gun Violence?

  Rajeev Ramchand and Lynsay Ayer

• Chapter Five

  Law Enforcement Approaches to Reduce Community Gun Violence

  Samuel Peterson and Shawn Bushway