October 13, 2020

Stay-at-Home Orders and Firearms in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic Preventive Medicine.

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): public health

• Among the forty-three states and the District of Columbia that issued stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, most considered federal firearm licensees to be essential businesses or made provisions for them to remain open in some capacity, while only four states and D.C. did not. The study found that there was an all-time high in firearm background checks, indicating that firearm sales have increased. 

Hoops et al. (Oct 2020). Stay-at-Home Orders and Firearms in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preventive Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2020.106281