We need to make firearms safer, and to do that, we need more robust research funding
The Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen represents the latest shattering of once-routine norms around gun safety laws in the U.S. In this case, a 6-3 majority concluded that the state of New York’s requirement for a license to carry a concealed handgun violated the constitutional right to bear arms that the jurists believe is guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
Despite these mounting deaths, partisan deadlock often stands in the way of passing gun legislation, and opponents of new laws often point to a lack of evidence that proposed policies would reduce the harm caused by gunfire. The most effective tool to overcome such assertions would be objective research—if we had more of it. Unfortunately, there is not enough rigorous evidence about the best ways to reduce gun violence.
Fortunately, universities and private philanthropies, like our organization, Arnold Ventures, have stepped up to try to fill the research gap. The nonpartisan National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research, which was launched in 2018 with support from Arnold Ventures and other funders, has awarded more than $21 million for more than 44 research projects on topics ranging from intimate partner violence to suicides to self-defense.
Most of the proposed funding—roughly $475 million—would be needed to answer the 100 critical gun research questions identified by a Joyce Foundation Expert Advisory Panel. The rest would support implementation of the NORC Expert Panel’s recommendations for improving U.S. firearms data infrastructure at a state and federal level .
As for the impact of the Bruen case RAND has found limited evidence—at least one high-quality study and no contradictory findings—that licensing and permitting requirements lead to a decrease in suicides, and limited evidence that concealed carry laws lead to an increase in violent crime. Data are hard to come by, and the evidence could be more extensive if we decide at the federal funding level that these questions are worth answering.
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