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The Impact of Right-to-Carry Concealed Firearm Laws on Mass Public Shootings

Florida State University

Tomislav Kovandzic

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Carlisle E. Moody

College of William and Mary

Right-to-carry (RTC) laws mandate that concealed weapon permits be granted to qualifiedapplicants. Such laws could reduce the number of mass public shootings as prospectiveshooters consider the possibility of encountering armed civilians. However, theselaws might increase the number of shootings by making it easier for prospective shootersto acquire guns. We evaluate 25 RTC laws using state panel data for 1977 through 1999.We estimate numerous Poisson and negative binomial models and find virtually no supportfor the hypothesis that the laws increase or reduce the number of mass publicshootings.

Key Words: right-to-carry laws • concealed weapons • public shootings

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