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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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What guns mean: the symbolic lives of firearms
Palgrave Communications, 2019 This article presents an overview of the symbolic tensions underlying representations of firearms and gun-related violence. The essay frames central questions that deserve further interrogation: what larger social and political contexts surround guns ...
J. Metzl
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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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Guns as American Exceptionalism [PDF]
, 2018 There is no issue on which the U.S. is as exceptional as civilian ownership of firearms. There are an estimated 330 million firearms in private hands; there is at least one firearm in 40% of American households. With 5% of the world's population, the U.
Jacobs, James
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion +6 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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Injury Epidemiology, 2019 BackgroundIn the US more than 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have experienced severe physical violence by an intimate partner. The most severe violence, violence that ends in death, disproportionately affects women.
Neil S. Websdale +2 more
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Conceptualizing Resilience, Sustainability and Smartness for Building Fire Risk Management
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Resilience, sustainability, and smartness (ReSuSm) within the building construction sector impact, or are impacted by building fires in one way or another. Hence, consideration of ReSuSm for building fire risk management (BFRM) is imperative to enhance safety and mitigate adverse impacts.
Uttama Barua +3 more
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3D Printed Firearms and Prospects for Their Forensic Examination
Теория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2017 The article discusses the possibility of firearm manufacturing with the help of 3D printing technologies. It provides an overview of principles and technologies of 3D printing, and analyzes the design features of known samples of firearms made using ...
Andrei V. Kokin
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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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