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Who uses firearms as a means of suicide? A population study exploring firearm accessibility and method choice

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2009
Background The 1996 Australian National Firearms Agreement introduced strict access limitations. However, reports on the effectiveness of the new legislation are conflicting.
De Leo Diego   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legal Liability for Returning Firearms to Suicidal Persons Who Voluntarily Surrender Them in 50 US States.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2020
Temporary transfers of firearms from suicidal persons is a strategy to reduce the incidence of suicide deaths. We discuss a barrier to the effective operation of voluntary temporary firearm transfer laws: the dearth of guidance on the liability for ...
Molly J Gibbons   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Geographical dataset of firearms manufacturing in the United States: 2000–2020

open access: yesData in Brief, 2022
Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Reports (AFMER) published annually by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were digitized, cleaned, merged, aggregated, and georeferenced to produce a geographical time ...
Lisa Jordan   +2 more
doaj  

Firearm injuries in Missouri

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2023
Firearm deaths continue to be a major public health problem, but the number of non-fatal firearm injuries and the characteristics of patients and injuries is not well known. The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, with support from the National Collaborative on Gun Violence Research, leveraged an existing data system to capture lethal and
Frederick P. Rivara   +9 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A Re-Analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility in the Ames-USDOE-FBI Study

open access: yesStatistics and Public Policy, 2022
Forensic firearms identification, the determination by a trained firearms examiner as to whether or not bullets or cartridges came from a common weapon, has long been a mainstay in the criminal courts.
Alan H. Dorfman, Richard Valliant
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the Strength of Legal Firearms Restrictions for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their Associations With Intimate Partner Homicide

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 2018
In this research, we estimate the association of firearm restrictions for domestic violence offenders with intimate partner homicides (IPHs) on the basis of the strength of the policies.
A. Zeoli   +5 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

The dangers of non-powder firearms

open access: yesJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2019
Non-powder weapons have become a persistent threat in today’s society. They are found outside of competitive sports at an increasing rate, being misused among young individuals, and have emerged in Canadian criminal activity.
Brandi A. Chrismas, Jack Powles
doaj   +1 more source

Interpol review of detection and characterization of explosives and explosives residues 2016-2019

open access: yesForensic Science International: Synergy, 2020
This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature for the analysis and detection of explosives and explosives residues from 2016-2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium.
Douglas J. Klapec   +2 more
doaj  

Interpol review of shoe and tool marks 2016-2019

open access: yesForensic Science International: Synergy, 2020
This review paper covers the forensic-relevant literature in shoe and tool mark examination from 2016 to 2019 as a part of the 19th Interpol International Forensic Science Managers Symposium.
Martin Baiker-Sørensen   +4 more
doaj  

Household Firearm Ownership and Firearm Mortality

open access: yesJAMA Network Open
ImportanceCausal associations between household firearm ownership rates (HFRs) and firearm mortality rates are not well understood.ObjectiveTo assess the population-level temporal sequencing of firearm death rates and HFRs.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cohort study used autoregressive cross-lagged models to analyze HFRs, firearm suicide rates ...
Morral, Andrew R.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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