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. 2024 Sep 17;332(11):931-933.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.14465.

Florida's Red Flag Gun Law and Firearm and Nonfirearm Homicide and Suicide Rates

Catherine Gimbrone  1 , Kara E Rudolph  1
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Florida's Red Flag Gun Law and Firearm and Nonfirearm Homicide and Suicide Rates

Catherine Gimbrone et al. JAMA. .

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  • Error in Introductory Prevalence Data.
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This study estimates the association between Florida’s red flag law enactment and firearm and nonfirearm homicide and suicide rates.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Mortality Rates Over Time for Florida, Synthetic Control, and Individual Control States
The year of Florida’s law enactment, 2018, was excluded from analyses to account for lagged effects. Vertical dashed line indicates year succeeding law enactment. Mortality rates for the synthetic control were calculated as a weighted mean using weights from augmented synthetic control models intended to balance both preperiod outcomes and covariates. All augmented synthetic control models included the following state-level covariates: proportion younger than 18 years, proportion Black or African American, proportion aged 18 years or older living at or below the poverty level, mean per capita individual income, proportion living in metropolitan statistical areas, and expenditure on police capital outlay. The proportion Black or African American was classified and defined by the US Census Bureau and included because state-level racial composition is associated with mortality.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Estimated Yearly Mortality Rate Ratios Between Florida and Its Synthetic Control
The year of Florida’s law enactment, 2018, was excluded from analyses to account for lagged effects. Vertical dashed line indicates year succeeding law enactment. Shaded areas represent 95% CIs for yearly estimates in the post–law enactment period. All augmented synthetic control models included the following state-level covariates: proportion younger than 18 years, proportion Black or African American, proportion aged 18 years or older living at or below the poverty level, mean per capita individual income, proportion living in metropolitan statistical areas, and expenditure on police capital outlay. The proportion Black or African American was classified and defined by the US Census Bureau and included because state-level racial composition is associated with mortality.
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