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The Failed Experiment: Gun Control and Public Safety in Canada, Australia, England and Wales [PDF]

, 2003
Widely televised firearm murders in many countries during the 20th Century have spurred politicians to introduce restrictive gun laws. The politicians then promise that the new restrictions will reduce criminal violence and "create a safer society." It ...
Gary Mauser
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Screening for Youth Firearm Violence Exposure in Primary Care

AJPM Focus
Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess a modified gun violence exposure tool at a pediatric clinic on the West Side of Chicago to identify youth at high risk of future gun violence.
Ansh Goyal, BSc, Patricia Z. Labellarte, MPH, Ashley A. Hayes, BSc, J.C. Bicek, III, BSc, Leonardo Barrera, MPH, Adam B. Becker, PhD, MPH, Bruce Rowell, MD, Audrey G. Brewer, MD, MPH   +7 more
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Gun Violence Among School-Age Youth in Chicago [PDF]

, 2009
Outlines findings from data reviews, surveys, and interviews on the victims and perpetrators of youth gun violence, turning points for youth involvement, and possible interventions.
Harold Pollack, Jens Ludwig, Philip J. Cook, Roseanna Ander   +3 more
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Gettysburg Against Gun Violence

, 2018
On April 4th, the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Saheed Vassell, a 34 year old black man, was shot nine times and killed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY.
Stewart, Chentese
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Gun Homicide Rate Down 49% Since 1993 Peak - Public Unaware [PDF]

, 2013
National rates of gun homicide and other violent gun crimes are strikingly lower now than during their peak in the mid-1990s, paralleling a general decline in violent crime, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Beneath the long-
Catherine A. Gallagher, D'Vera Cohn, Kevin T. Maass, Kim Parker, Mark Hugo Lopez, Paul Taylor   +5 more
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Gun ownership for political protection or armed political expression: a nationally representative analysis of differences in 2025 vs. 2023

Injury Epidemiology
Background Reasons for gun ownership have shifted from primarily for hunting, to protection from other people, and increasingly for concerns about political violence. In 2023, these reasons differed by party affiliation.
Julie A. Ward, Rebecca A. Valek, Vanya C. Jones, Lilliana Mason, Cassandra K. Crifasi   +4 more
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General Gun Violence Statistics [PDF]

, 2009
This fact sheet compiles statistics, facts, and quotes on gun violence from a wide variety of ...

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Domestic firearm violence against women (2018–2021)

Surgery Open Science
Background: Over 50 % of US female homicides occur during domestic violence, with half involving firearms. Public health measures to control COVID-19 may have isolated individuals with abusive partners at a time when firearm sales and new firearm ...
Jonathan Shipley, BS, Megan Donnelly, MD, Catherine Kuza, MD, Areg Grigorian, MD, Lourdes Swentek, MD, Theresa Chin, MD, MPH, Nolan Brown, BS, Ninh Nguyen, MD, Jeffry Nahmias, MD, MHPE, FACS, FCCM   +8 more
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Case Study: The Boston Gun Project and Operation Ceasefire [PDF]

, 2005
The Boston Gun Project was a problem-oriented policing initiative expressly aimed at reducing homicide victimization among youths in Boston in the mid-1990s (Kennedy et al., 1996; Kennedy et al., 2001).

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Gun ownership and gun violence

Aggression 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, Leander, N. Pontus, Kruglanski, Arie W.   +2 more
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