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Where the guns come from: The gun industry and gun commerce. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Under federal law, it is illegal for youth under age 18 to purchase rifles or shotguns, and for those under age 21 to purchase handguns. However, fatality and injury statistics clearly show that guns are finding their way into young people's hands.
Garen J. Wintemute
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Banal Radicalism: Free Spaces and the Routinization of Radical Practices in Far‐Right Movements

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do free spaces become radicalizing spaces? Studies of far‐right radicalism have highlighted the role of insulated movement spaces in radicalizing their members. In these spaces, participants can flaunt their radical ideas and infuse them into everyday practices, forming these ideas into comprehensive and resilient worldviews.
Oded Marom
wiley   +1 more source

'Guns don't colonise people ...': the role and use of firearms in pre-colonial and colonial Africa

open access: yesKronos, 2010
This review essay examines a number of recent works that contribute to the history of firearms in colonial and pre-colonial Africa; two based upon new and original research (Story and Guy) and the others on reproductions of earlier seminal contributions ...
Rory Pilossof
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Disposing of Unwanted Firearms and Firearm Injury Prevention

open access: yesJAMA Network Open
This comparative effectiveness study estimates the size of the US firearm stock by 2034.
Humphreys, David K., Wiebe, Douglas J.
openaire   +2 more sources

Quality issue management and disclosure in forensic science: A survey of practice and perceptions

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Addressing calls for transparency regarding errors and limitations in forensic processes is an ongoing concern for the forensic science service provider community and the stakeholders it serves worldwide. Foundational to this goal is developing a consistent approach to the identification of issues that have, or could have, an impact on the ...
Anna L. Heavey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

No Questions Asked: Background Checks, Gun Shows, and Crime [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The report, titled "No Questions Asked: Background Checks, Gun Shows and Crime," finds that criminals in the 18 states that require gun show background checks are getting thousands of guns each year from states without such checks.In addition, the report

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Risks and Targeted Interventions: Firearms in Intimate Partner Violence.

open access: yesEpidemiologic Reviews, 2016
The use of firearms in intimate partner violence (IPV) is widely recognized as an important public health threat. However, what we know about the risks of firearm access on IPV outcomes is limited. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review to determine
A. Zeoli   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Firearm suicides in Sweden

open access: yesJournal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2022
In a setting with restrictive firearm laws, prevention of firearm deaths is challenging. Around 100 firearm suicides occur annually in Sweden, representing the most common manner of death from firearm use. In order to explore a possible correlation between firearm suicides and firearm availability, legality of firearm possession, and demographic and ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Beyond the numbers: Critical analysis of the role of postmortem tryptase in the forensic diagnosis of anaphylaxis

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The postmortem diagnosis of anaphylaxis remains a forensic challenge due to the lack of specific external signs. Tryptase, a mast cell‐derived protease, has emerged as a potential biomarker for fatal anaphylaxis. This systematic review critically examined 40 studies published between 2014 and 2024, including both biochemical and ...
Luca Tomassini   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why the Latest Ruling in the Sandy Hook Shooting Litigation Matters [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
On March 19, 2019 the Connecticut Supreme Court officially released its opinion in Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC. Because the decision greenlights civil discovery and trial for the Sandy Hook plaintiffs seeking compensation from the ...
Feldman, Heidi Li
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