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State gun regulations and reduced gun ownership are associated with fewer firearm-related suicides among both juveniles and adults in the USA.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2023
BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the relationship between specific gun regulations and gun ownership with the firearm-related suicide rate among juveniles and adults across U.S. states.
M. Paul, B. Coakley
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Toward a Standard Measure of Gun Ownership: A Methodological and Theoretical Quandary in Firearm Research

Justice Quarterly
One limitation of the literature on gun ownership is a lack of consensus regarding how to operationalize the dependent variable. Consequently, gun measures vary widely across studies, and findings about the prevalence and predictors of gun ownership are ...
Nathaniel M Schutten, Justin T Pickett, Kevin H Wozniak   +2 more
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Extending the Firearm Suicide Proxy for Household Gun Ownership.

American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2023
INTRODUCTION Levels of gun ownership and lethal violence in the U.S. far surpass those in any other developed country, and yet there is little known about the origins of these trends due to a lack of historical data on the prevalence of gun ownership. To
Megan Kang, Elizabeth A. Rasich
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Black Women & Gun Ownership in America: An Exploratory Study of Motivations and Strategy

Violence and Gender, 2023
This exploratory work studies the motivations and strategies adopted by black females in the United States who own at least one firearm. Research shows that black females as a demographic group have been trending upward in gun ownership in the last 2 ...
D. Bowen, M. Barber, M. Gomez, L. Rooney, Alice M. Ellyson, A. Rowhani-Rahbar, F. Rivara   +6 more
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Gun ownership and sleep disturbance

Preventive Medicine, 2020
Although there is no empirical evidence linking gun ownership with better sleep, speculation is widespread in gun culture. We assess the direct association between gun ownership and sleep disturbance and whether gun ownership moderates the association between neighborhood fear and sleep disturbance.
Terrence D. Hill, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Amy M. Burdette, Lauren Hale   +3 more
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Gun Ownership, Threat, and Gun Attitudes in an Experiment

Sociological Perspectives, 2022
Researchers have considered the role of perceived threat and fear of crime in shaping attitudes about gun regulation. We contribute to this literature by examining whether gun owners, who tend to oppose gun regulations, moderate their gun views when exposed to a gun-related threat. We argue that although exposure to threat can increase the desire to be
Abigail Vegter, Donald P. Haider-Markel
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Patterns of household gun ownership and firearm suicide among black men compared to white men

Preventive Medicine, 2022
Little is known about the patterns of household gun ownership among Black Americans, so little is known about the relationship between the patterns of Black household gun ownership and the patterns of Black firearm suicide.
David Hemenway
exaly   +3 more sources

Cognitive and Apathetic Racism in Patterns of Gun Ownership and Gun Control Attitudes

Sociological inquiry, 2023
Our objective is to expand upon the emerging literature that examines the role of multiple forms of racism in gun ownership and gun control attitudes among non‐Latino whites.
Amie L. Nielsen, Margaret S. Kelley, C. G. Ellison, Oshea Johnson, Bryan T. Gervais   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

This is Awkward-Promoting Clinic Discussions and Evaluation of Gun Ownership practices and Individual Risk.

American Journal of Medicine, 2023
As a pediatric trauma surgeon who has been in practice for more than 36 years, I have seen my share of morbidity and mortality in adolescents and teenagers.
M. Hirsh
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Gun Ownership: The Bridge Between Rural and Urban Voters in 2020

Social Science Quarterly
This article examines whether gun ownership can mitigate the impact of place‐based identities on voter choice.The analysis is conducted using 2020 American National Election Studies data.
M. Joslyn
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