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Mercenaries, Migration and the Crew of the Mary Rose

open access: yesHistory, Volume 107, Issue 378, Page 836-860, December 2022., 2022
Abstract This article reconsiders the presence of foreigners in the crew of Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose in light of recent archaeological investigations of human remains from the wreck. Through an interdisciplinary analysis drawing on archaeological investigation, the artefacts found on board the Mary Rose and historical documents, this study ...
SAMANTHA NELSON, CATHERINE FLETCHER
wiley   +1 more source

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

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

Disposing of Unwanted Firearms and Firearm Injury Prevention.

open access: yesJAMA Netw Open
This comparative effectiveness study estimates the size of the US firearm stock by 2034.
Humphreys DK, Wiebe DJ.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Firearm Homicide and Firearm Suicide: Opposite but Equal [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Health Reports®, 2004
Objective. Homicide and suicide are intentional acts of violence that disproportionately involve firearms. Much more effort has been devoted to the ecological study of homicide; methods that have been developed to better understand and subsequently prevent homicide may be applicable to suicide.
Therese S. Richmond   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Stock and Flow of U.S. Firearms: Results from the 2015 National Firearms Survey

open access: yesRSF, 2017
Since the mid-1990s, the U.S. civilian gun stock has grown from approximately 192 million (65 million handguns) to approximately 265 million (113 million handguns). In 2015, gun owners owned more weapons and were more likely to own both handguns and long
D. Azrael   +3 more
semanticscholar   +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  

Some issues of evaluating the influence of silent shooting devices on the formation of traces on fi red bullets and fi red cases [PDF]

open access: yesИзвестия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия «Экономика. Управление. Право», 2022
Introduction. The growing number of military and civilian models of firearms equipped with muzzle devices actualizes the expert diagnostics of the facts of using silent shooting devices during committing crimes by their traces on the fi red bullets and ...
Latyshov, Igor V.
doaj   +1 more source

Detection and Localization of Firearm Carriers in Complex Scenes for Improved Safety Measures [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Detecting firearms and accurately localizing individuals carrying them in images or videos is of paramount importance in security, surveillance, and content customization. However, this task presents significant challenges in complex environments due to clutter and the diverse shapes of firearms.
arxiv  

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