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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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Firearms and Dementia [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2018
Alexander D. McCourt   +4 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Identifying high‐risk firearms dealers: A machine learning study of rapidly diverted firearm sales in California

open access: yesCriminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research SummaryUsing firearm transaction and crime gun recovery records from California (2010–2021), we employ machine learning to identify dealers who sold largest number and highest fraction of guns recovered in crimes within 1 year of sale.
Hannah S. Laqueur, Colette Smirniotis
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yesInjury 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bracketing in the Comparative Interrupted Time-Series Design to Address Concerns about History Interacting with Group: Evaluating Missouri Handgun Purchaser Law [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology, Volume 30, Issue 3, p.371-379, 2019, 2019
In the comparative interrupted time series design (also called the method of difference-in-differences), the change in outcome in a group exposed to treatment in the periods before and after the exposure is compared to the change in outcome in a control group not exposed to treatment in either period. The standard difference-in-difference estimator for
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An Examination of Media Accounts Before and After School Shootings: A Content Analysis of Newspaper Articles Pertaining to Firearms on Campus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Very few topics elicit such polarizing responses as that of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Since our country\u27s infancy, firearms have been an integral part of our society.
Harrington, John Ronald
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Association of State Firearm Laws With Firearm Ownership and Mortality

open access: yesAJPM Focus
Firearm injury is a leading cause of death among Americans. Because the right to bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment, policymakers must consider the impact of legislation on both firearm ownership and firearm harms. The current state of knowledge in firearm research majorly examines the impact of firearm legislation on firearm injuries and ...
Roni Barak Ventura   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Emergency department (ED) visits may serve as opportunities for firearm injury prevention and intervention efforts. Our objective was to determine ED utilization by youth before and after firearm injury. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of ED encounters by youth (0–18 years old) with firearm injury from eight states
Samaa Kemal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological Problems in Every Black-Box Study of Forensic Firearm Comparisons [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv
Reviews conducted by the National Academy of Sciences (2009) and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2016) concluded that the field of forensic firearm comparisons has not been demonstrated to be scientifically valid. Scientific validity requires adequately designed studies of firearm examiner performance in terms of accuracy,
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