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Restrictive Firearm Laws and Firearm-Related Suicide
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2022BACKGROUND: There were 23,854 suicides by firearms in 2017 in the US, accounting for 60% of all gun deaths. Studying firearm-related mortalities is vital for reducing preventable gun deaths. This study aims to determine the association between state-level presence of restrictive firearm laws and suicide rates with firearms.
Bradley, Kawano +5 more
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Improvised firearms versus regular firearms
Forensic Science International, 1984Abstract In this paper, the ballistics of improvised firearms have been studied in comparison to those of regular firearms from the forensic point of view.
J K, Modi, C, Nigam, K, Kumar
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Forensic Science International, 1992
One hundred and twenty eight cases of shooting fatalities were investigated during an 11-year period. Of these 57% were homicidal shootings with 34% suicidal in nature. Only two suicidal fatalities were female. Analysis of the sites of entrance wounds confirmed the 'sites of election' in suicidal shootings, whilst homicidal wounds showed a much wider ...
D, Rouse, L, Dunn
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One hundred and twenty eight cases of shooting fatalities were investigated during an 11-year period. Of these 57% were homicidal shootings with 34% suicidal in nature. Only two suicidal fatalities were female. Analysis of the sites of entrance wounds confirmed the 'sites of election' in suicidal shootings, whilst homicidal wounds showed a much wider ...
D, Rouse, L, Dunn
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Firearm availability and unintentional firearm deaths
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2001Between 1979 and 1997, almost 30,000 Americans died from unintentional firearm injuries, half of whom were under 25 years of age and 4,600 of whom were less than 15 years old.To explore the association between state firearm levels and rates of unintentional firearm deaths by age group, accounting for several potential confounders.The study used a proxy
M, Miller, D, Azrael, D, Hemenway
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Firearm Laws and Firearm Homicides
JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017Firearm homicide is a leading cause of injury death in the United States, and there is considerable debate over the effectiveness of firearm policies. An analysis of the effectiveness of firearm laws on firearm homicide is important to understand optimal policies to decrease firearm homicide in the United States.To evaluate the association between ...
Lois K, Lee +6 more
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