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A Deep Learning-Based Efficient Firearms Monitoring Technique for Building Secure Smart Cities
IEEE Access, 2023 Violence, in any form, is a disgrace to our civilized world. Nevertheless, even in modern times, violence is an integral part of our society and causes the deaths of many innocent lives.
Rajdeep Chatterjee +4 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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A Systematic Plan for Firearms Law Reform [PDF]
, 2013 Tragedy after tragedy has drawn the nation’s attention towards gun violence. Yet the murder of 20 school children in Newtown, CT has done more to drive the national dialogue on gun control than any preceding mass shooting, not to mention the endemic ...
Gostin, Lawrence O. +1 more
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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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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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The Right to Bear Arms: A Uniquely American Entitlement [PDF]
, 2010 In District of Columbia v. Heller the Supreme Court held that individuals have a constitutional right to own firearms, notably to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-protection.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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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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Psychology in the Schools, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lockdown drills are widely implemented in U.S. public K‐12 schools, yet little is known about their impacts on school employees. This study examines how participation in lockdown drills and emergency response training impact faculty, staff, and administrators' fear of harm (both personal and altruistic) and their perceived risk of a school ...
Jaclyn Schildkraut +2 more
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Physician documentation of access to firearms in suicidal patients in the emergency department [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction: Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 50% of these deaths are due to firearms. Suicidal ideation (SI) is a common complaint presenting to the emergency department (ED).
Mueller, Kristen L, Naganathan, Sonya
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The adoption of the Common African Position (CAP) by the African Union in 2014 marked a transformative shift in Africa's engagement with global development, shaping the post‐2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals (SDGs). Despite its significance, the CAP's contributions remain underacknowledged in mainstream narratives. This
Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet +2 more
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