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Survey of Washington clinicians’ willingness to use and preferences related to extreme risk protection orders [PDF]

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) temporarily restrict access to firearms if an individual is deemed a significant risk of harm to themselves or others.
Emma L. Gause   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Rifles and shotguns have similar animal welfare outcomes during aerial culling of non-native fallow deer (Dama dama) [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Welfare
Helicopter-based shooting using either a .308 semi-automatic rifle or a semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun is widely used to manage non-native ungulate populations in Australasia, but the animal welfare outcomes of these two firearms have not been robustly ...
David M Forsyth   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Where the guns come from: The gun industry and gun commerce. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Under federal law, it is illegal for youth under age 18 to purchase rifles or shotguns, and for those under age 21 to purchase handguns. However, fatality and injury statistics clearly show that guns are finding their way into young people's hands.
Garen J. Wintemute
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Reassessing the Significance of Firearms in Central Africa: The Case of North-Western Zambia to the 1920s [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Based on a close examination of European travelogues and the evidence produced in the wake of the formulation of colonial gun policies, this article contends that the significance of firearms in Central Africa in the nineteenth and early twentieth ...
Gann   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Thousands of Guns, No Background Check Required: An Analysis of The Market for Unlicensed Gun Sales in Maine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The state of Maine has a strong tradition of gun ownership. And Maine's gun owners know that responsible ownership includes keeping guns out of the wrong hands. That's why 93% of Americans—and the majority of Mainers, regardless of political party—agree:

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Strategic market position of the European Crime Prevention Network [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The activities and tasks of the European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN), established in 2001, have significantly expanded over the past two decades. In view of the further implementation of its multiannual strategy, the EUCPN has commissioned a study ...
Dieussaert, Jonas   +3 more
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Firearms and Ballistics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Chapter 7 of the book entitled 'Practical Veterinary Forensics' aims to introduce forensic veterinarians to the scientific concepts underpinning the field of firearms and ballistics.
BOLTON-KING, Rachel, Schulze, Johan
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North to the Future of the Right to Bear Arms: Analyzing the Alaska Firearms Freedom Act and Applying Firearm Localism to Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Second Amendment has gone from a rarely invoked constitutional provision to being one of the most hotly contested and politically charged protections of the Bill of Rights.
Hill, John
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Military veteran mortality following a survived suicide attempt [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a global public health problem. Recently in the U.S., much attention has been given to preventing suicide and other premature mortality in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Janet Weiner   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

The mechanical control of bushpig, Patamochoerus porcus, in Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
Bushpig, Potamocheorus porcus, occurring naturally in the high rainfall areas of Zimbabwe, have become a major threat to maize producers in the country.
LaGrange, Michael
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