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  • Public Health
  • Criminology
  • Network Science

Background:

  • State firearm regulation varies due to diverse values and beliefs.
  • Predicting firearm law adoption is challenging due to complex influencing factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify factors influencing state firearm policy adoption.
  • To predict the likelihood of new firearm-related laws being adopted by states.
  • To utilize social network analysis for understanding policy diffusion.

Main Methods:

  • Employed a temporal exponential-family random graph model.
  • Analyzed state firearm laws from 1979-2020.
  • Controlled for internal and external state characteristics.

Main Results:

  • Internal state factors are key predictors of firearm law adoption.
  • Neighboring states' actions significantly influence policy diffusion.
  • Scenario analysis revealed how specific state adoptions impact network structure and future diffusion.

Conclusions:

  • Social network methods outperform traditional policy diffusion studies.
  • The proposed framework offers superior prediction accuracy compared to machine learning tools.
  • This approach can be applied to study policy diffusion in other domains.