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The Impact of Liberalized Concealed Carry Laws on State Homicide Rates

open access: yesJournal of Liberty and International Affairs
Liberalized concealed carry laws test how firearm legislation affects crime in the US. This study analyzes the relationship between these laws, total homicide, and firearm homicide using panel data from 1980 to 2018 across all 50 states and the District
K. Alexander Adams
doaj   +3 more sources

Az indiai hiányzó láncszem: a Mogul Birodalom hadügyi fejlődése a 16–17. században és a hadügyi forradalom

open access: yesModern Geográfia, 2022
The theory of the military revolution was initiated by Michael Roberts in his writing on the state of the Swedish army in the 17th century. The advent of firearms fundamentally changed warfare, although the bow and cold weapons remained dominant on the ...
Kiss, Márton
doaj   +1 more source

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

FIREARMS TRAINING AS A PART OF THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF THE UKRAINIAN BORDER GUARD AGENCY PERSONNEL

open access: yesЗбірник наукових праць Національної академії Державної прикордонної служби України. Серія: педагогічні науки, 2022
The article reveals the features of the firearms training of future officers at the higher military education institutions of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Serhii ZABOLOTNYI, Oleh REZNIK
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes & Roles Regarding Firearm Access and Suicide Prevention in Vermont Middle & High Schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Adolescent suicide is a serious public health concern in Vermont, and the presence of firearms in the home is a known risk factor. Suicide attempts with firearms are more likely to be completed than attempts with other means, with an 85% mortality rate ...
Carpenter, Cari   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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

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

Exploring the link between the risk of violent injury in adolescents and historic redlining practices

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Violent injuries tend to cluster together geospatially. The discriminatory housing practice of redlining undertaken by the United States federal government in the 1930s has been repeatedly linked with various contemporary community‐level disparities.
Samuel J. West   +5 more
wiley   +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

Access to Firearms as an Element of Political Positioning of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party during the 2016 US Presidential Elections

open access: yesHistoria i Polityka, 2019
The aim of the paper is to identify and describe the policy positioningof the Democratic Party and the Republican Party as concerns access to firearms duringthe 2016 presidential election in the USA.
Aleksy Borówka
doaj   +1 more source

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