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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Crucial elements for police firearms training include mastering very specific psychophysiological responses associated with controlled breathing while shooting. Under high-stress situations, the shooter is affected by responses of the sympathetic nervous
J. Muñoz +3 more
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Do Gun‐Purchase Waiting Periods Save Lives?
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study the impact of gun‐purchase waiting periods on suicide rates using county‐level mortality data from 1991–2019. We find that waiting periods are associated with a reduction in both firearm and overall suicide rates of approximately 5% and 2%, respectively.
Grace E. Arnold +1 more
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Understanding the Smith & Wesson M&P15: Semiautomatic Assault Rifle Used in the Aurora, Colorado Mass Murder [PDF]
, 2012 This report discusses the history and profit motive behind Smith & Wesson's introduction into the civilian market of its M&P15 semiautomatic assault rifles in 2006. It then explains the history, distinguishing features, and lethal capabilities of assault
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Temporal and spatial effects of mass shootings on gun demand
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Mass shootings in the U.S. have been at the center of the public crisis debate for a long time. Combining information on mass shootings with background check reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, this study applies mass shootings as exogenous shocks and reveals that the demand for guns is especially strong in the month in which a ...
Yuan Chen +4 more
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Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, EarlyView.Abstract Researchers have shown that behavioral skills training (BST) and in situ training are effective for teaching firearm safety skills to children. Within the safety skills literature, there is evidence that manualized interventions are effective for teaching parents and teachers to conduct BST. An approach that has not been evaluated for teaching
Rasha R. Baruni +4 more
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Combining Broad and Narrow Case Definitions in Matched Case-Control Studies: Firearms in the Home and Suicide Risk [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Does having firearms in the home increase suicide risk? To test this hypothesis, a matched case-control study can be performed, in which suicide case subjects are compared to living controls who are similar in observed covariates in terms of their retrospective exposure to firearms at home.
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Domestic Violence and Safe Storage of Firearms in the COVID-19 Era.
Annals of Surgery, 2020 D omestic violence (which includes violence against partners, children, parents, or the elderly), intimate partner violence (IPV) (which includes violence that occurs in a close relationship), and firearm availability go hand-in-hand.
Thomas K. Duncan +8 more
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The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.Developing a deeper understanding about how wildlife recreationists perceive state fish and wildlife agencies as currently serving them, and how they feel valued in relation to other recreation groups, may help agencies more effectively engage their recreation constituencies.
Bennett Grooms +4 more
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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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North to the Future of the Right to Bear Arms: Analyzing the Alaska Firearms Freedom Act and Applying Firearm Localism to Alaska [PDF]
, 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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