"The only friend I had was my gun": A mixed-methods study of gun culture in school shootings. [PDF]
PLoS ONEFirearms are the leading cause of death for minors in the United States and US gun culture is often discussed as a reason behind the prevalence of school shootings.
Anne Nassauer
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Physician Documentation of Access to Firearms in Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019 Introduction: Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 50% of these deaths are due to firearms. Suicidal ideation (SI) is a common complaint presenting to the emergency department (ED).
Sonya Naganathan, Kristen L. Mueller
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A critical Response to “How firearm legislation impacts firearm mortality”, A focused look at Canadian and Australian evidence [PDF]
Health Policy OpenA recent review article in Health Policy Open, entitled “How firearm legislation impacts firearm mortality internationally: A scoping review” claims that Australian and Canadian firearms legislation is associated with reductions in homicide and suicide ...
Caillin Langmann
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Criminal-Legal and Penal Enforcement Regulation of the Use of Firearms by Employees of the Penitentiary System of Russia [PDF]
Пенитенциарная наука, 2021 Introduction: the paper investigates criminal and penal enforcement inconsistencies in the legislative regulation on the use of firearms by the staff of the penal system in their official activities.
VLADIMIR A. PONIKAROV
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The use of firearms against a convict in case of an escape [PDF]
Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2022 The use of firearms is the most severe means of coercion that may be employed against a convict. The legal acts regulating the execution of criminal sanctions also foresee the use of firearms as means of coercion.
Drakić Dragiša S., Milić Ivan D.
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Firearms injuries present a major pediatric public health challenge in the United States. This study protocol describes research to develop and then conduct a randomized clinical trial to evaluate ShootSafe, an interactive, engaging ...
David C. Schwebel +5 more
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Firearm laws and the network of firearm movement among US states
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background The movement of firearm across state lines may decrease the effectiveness of state-level firearm laws. Yet, how state-level firearm policies affect cross-state movement have not yet been widely explored.
Sae Takada +6 more
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Clinical strategies for reducing firearm suicide
Injury Epidemiology, 2021 Suicide is complex, with psychiatric, cultural, and socioeconomic roots. Though mental illnesses like depression contribute to risk for suicide, access to lethal means such as firearms is considered a key risk factor for suicide, and half of suicides in ...
Rocco Pallin, Amy Barnhorst
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The attitude of Brazilian federal police officers towards firearms [PDF]
Revista de Administração Pública, 2022 This research deals with one of the most problematic themes in the Brazilian public security agenda, firearm control. Since the publication of the Statute of the Disarmament in 2003, the Federal Police (FP) has been responsible for controlling firearm ...
Alessandra Borba +1 more
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Kebijakan Penegakan Hukum Terhadap Kepemilikan Senjata Api Ilegal
Pattimura Legal Journal, 2022 Introduction: Distribution and use of a firearms illegally in Maluku during social conflict in the last few years is often cause many problems. Because after the conflict, a fight between village often use a firearm.
Denny Sandera +2 more
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