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Point, Click, Fire: An Investigation of Illegal Online Gun Sales [PDF]
, 2011 The internet revolution created extraordinary opportunities for commerce to be conducted at the click of a mouse. Instant access to almost unlimited choices and to vast communities of buyers and sellers is a principal asset of e-commerce.
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Assessment of Hearing Health Among Adults in Rural Health Clinics
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.Rural health clinics are a critical healthcare system tasked with improving health in rural communities. This study recruited 403 adults from 10 rural healthcare clinics throughout rural Kentucky, mostly within Appalachia, to screen for hearing loss and evaluate the utilization of diagnostic hearing healthcare and found that 70% of participants ...
Mit A. Patel +4 more
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America's Gun Shows: Open Markets for Criminals [PDF]
, 2009 An estimated 5,000 gun shows are conducted in the United States every year. Federal law mandates that licensed dealers at these events perform background checks on purchasers before completing a sale.
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Exploring Asymptotic Normality in Multinomial Models
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Among the methods for analyzing categorical outcomes, the multinomial model offers a robust framework for examining the dependence between a multi‐category response variable and a set of explanatory variables. Its flexibility, versatility, and broad applicability across diverse fields make it a valuable tool, as it does not impose strict ...
Célia Nunes +3 more
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The role of practical shooting in system of police shooting training: psychological component
Law and Safety, 2021 Psychological unpreparedness of police officers to firefight is often the cause of serious consequences, in particular their death. Although much attention has been already paid to the psychological training of law enforcement officers in general and to ...
V. V. Fedorov, O. B. Piskunova
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Collective Efficacy and Firearms Violence in Anchorage, Alaska: Preliminary Findings [PDF]
, 2007 Paper also presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, Scottsdale, Arizona.This paper seeks to advance the discussion of the utility of collective efficacy, as captured by Sampson, Raudenbush and Earls, in understanding ...
Evans, Shel Llee, Langworthy, Robert H.
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Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Kazakhstan is recognized as a key stronghold for the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Nonetheless, the wolf status and the dynamics of human‐wolf coexistence in the region remain poorly understood. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring current attitudes towards wolves in Kazakhstan and identify the underlying drivers of these attitudes.
Alyona Koshkina +5 more
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Gun control and suicide: The impact of state firearm regulations, 1995–2004 [PDF]
Suicide is a major cause of preventable death. Restricting access to lethal means has been identified as an effective approach to suicide prevention, and firearms regulations are one way to reduce gun availability.
Antonio Rodríguez, Katherine Hempstead
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Firearm Storage and Firearm Suicide
JAMA Network OpenImportanceSuicide-prevention interventions often recommend removing firearms from the homes of individuals at elevated risk of suicide or, short of removal, locking and unloading all household firearms. The recommendation to remove firearms is based on strong and consistent evidence.
Miller, Matthew +5 more
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Debunking a Myth: The Gun Lobby's Claim That Less Than 1% of Crime Guns Come from Gun Shows [PDF]
, 2007 A loophole in federal law and the law of 33 states, commonly referred to as the "Gun Show Loophole," allows unlicensed vendors at these events to sell firearms without conducting background checks on purchasers.
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