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A New Year, A New Perspective

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2016
The New Year is a symbol of both continuity and rebirth. A new year serves as an important mile-marker, reminding us of our progress over the previous year and empowering us to carry on into the next one.
Pranav Aurora, Tristan Jones
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Political violence, racial violence, and new gun ownership: results from the 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy

open access: yesInjury Epidemiology
Background U.S. firearm sales surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many purchases by first-time firearm owners. The 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy sought to understand the public health implications of this surge by comparing the purchasing ...
Rebecca Valek   +3 more
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Statisticians Engage in Gun Violence Research

open access: yesStatistics and Public Policy, 2021
Government reports document more than 14,000 homicides and more than 195,000 aggravated assaults with firearms in 2017. In addition, there were 346 mass shootings, with 4 or more victims, including over 2000 people shot.
Greg Ridgeway   +2 more
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Contending with Gun Violence

open access: yesStudy and Scrutiny, 2020
Katie Sluiter interviews three English Education Professors: Steven Bickmore, Shelly Shaffer, and Gretchen Rumhor. The conversation centers on their scholarship in the field of Young Adult Literature, as well as their book, Contending with Gun Violence ...
Katie Sluiter
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Understanding gun violence: Factors associated with beliefs regarding guns, gun policies, and gun violence.

open access: yesPsychology of Violence, 2021
Objective: Gun violence is a pressing public health concern, particularly in the United States. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record-breaking year with 43,551 deaths attributed to gun violence in the U.S., with almost 20,000 classified as murder/unintentional death and more than 24,000 classified as suicide (Gun Violence Archive ...
openaire   +1 more source

Gun carrying among freshmen and sophomores in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles public schools: the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2007-2013

open access: yesInjury Epidemiology, 2018
Background This study evaluated trends and risk factors over time for self-reported gun carrying among freshman and sophomore public school students in Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles, chosen as high profile cities with different levels of firearm
Samaa Kemal   +2 more
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The Effects of Cueing and Framing on Youth Attitudes towards Gun Control and Gun Rights

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2018
I analyze attitudes towards gun control from a recent survey of American high school students. For students who most closely identify as Republicans, cueing them to think about prior school shootings increases their agreement that armed staff in schools ...
Stephen Wu
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Gun ownership and gun violence

open access: yesAggression and violent behavior
There is a great deal of empirical evidence from the USA, but also internationally, that country-level gun ownership is positively associated with homicide and mass shooting rates. Because Switzerland appears to be an exception to this rule, having a high level of gun ownership but a very low homicide rate and practically no mass shootings, the Swiss ...
Stroebe, Wolfgang   +2 more
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The Culture of Gun Violence: An Active Learning Exercise

open access: yesMedEdPORTAL, 2014
Introduction Effectively addressing and preventing gun violence requires multidisciplinary collaboration between public health and health care providers.
Shaun Hamilton   +2 more
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Variation in Extreme Risk Protection Order Use Among Urban, Suburban, and Rural ZIP Codes in Maryland: A Descriptive Study

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are a tool used to temporarily remove access to firearms from those who may pose a risk of violence to themselves or others.
Mia Aassar MPH   +4 more
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