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Survey of Washington clinicians’ willingness to use and preferences related to extreme risk protection orders

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) temporarily restrict access to firearms if an individual is deemed a significant risk of harm to themselves or others.
Emma L. Gause, Kelsey Conrick, Megan Moore, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Frederick P. Rivara   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research needs related to firearm rights restoration

Injury Epidemiology
Background In the USA, firearms are commonly involved in many incidents of serious interpersonal harm. Federal law prohibits the purchase and possession of firearms by certain high-risk groups including those with prior felony or domestic violence ...
Julie M. Kafka, Frederick P. Rivara, Rachel Ross, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rates and Correlates of Unsecure Storage Behaviors Among U.S. Firearm-Owning Caregivers of Teens: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey

Youth
For U.S. teens, firearm access is a significant risk factor for fatal/non-fatal injury. To inform prevention efforts, we estimate prevalence of caregiver storage practices within a nationally representative sample and characterize factors associated with
Laura Seewald, Heather A. Hartman, Christopher M. Millman, Matthew Myers, Marc A. Zimmerman, Maureen Walton, Patrick Carter   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal legal and behavioral health pathways in law enforcement-petitioned extreme risk protection orders

Injury Epidemiology
Background Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are civil legal tools that temporarily restrict firearm access for individuals deemed to pose a risk of harm to themselves or others.
Kelsey M. Conrick, Erika Marts, Rachel Ross, Esprene Liddell-Quintyn, Julia P. Schleimer, Ayah Mustafah, Nicole Asa, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Daycare shooting in Thailand: Time to address firearm violence as a global health issue

Public Health Challenges, 2023
On 6 October 2022, a daycare shooting incident happened in Thailand. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Southeast Asian (SEA) countries and one of the many incidents contributing to the global epidemic of firearm‐related preventable violence.
Yasmine Syifa Nabila Budi, Fabiola Cathleen, Manatee Jitanan, Oraphan Butkatunyoo, Adriana Viola Miranda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corporate Political Ideology and Environmental Strategy: Evidence From US Toxic Releases

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether corporate political ideology shapes firms' environmental strategy and realized environmental performance. Using US political donation data matched to facility‐level toxic releases from the Toxics Release Inventory from 2000 to 2014, we measure corporate ideology by the share of firm and PAC contributions directed to
Mingyuan Chen, Dakshina G. De Silva, Anita R. Schiller, Aurelie Slechten   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the role of firearm involvement in repeat intimate partner violence assaults

Injury Epidemiology
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a pervasive and complex issue with significant social and public health implications. The nexus of firearms and intimate partner violence (IPV) is an especially dangerous one.
Zainab Hans, Chiara E. Cooper, April M. Zeoli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Permissiveness of firearm laws, pro-gun culture, and suicides by firearm in the U.S., 2000–2016

Public Health in Practice, 2021
Objectives: Stricter firearm policies correlate with lower suicides by firearm in the US. However, much work examines policies in isolation and does not investigate firearm policies as they relate to US pro-gun culture.
Abhery Das, Parvati Singh, Tim Bruckner
doaj   +1 more source

Firearms and ballistics. [PDF]

, 2016
Chapter 7 of the book entitled 'Practical Veterinary Forensics' aims to introduce forensic veterinarians to the scientific concepts underpinning the field of firearms and ballistics. This introduction will enable practitioners to understand wound formation depending on the firearm and ammunition used.
BOLTON-KING, Rachel, Schulze, Johan
openaire   +1 more source