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Crisis, 2022 Abstract. Background: While some suicide prevention initiatives distribute locking devices for firearms and medication, little evidence exists to guide the selection of devices. Aims: This study aimed to describe safety standards for locking devices and compare parental acceptance rates for different types of devices.
Catherine Barber +8 more
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Older Adults’ Preferences Regarding Firearm Locking Device Use: Results of a National Survey
Clinical Gerontologist, 2023 Use of firearm locking devices may reduce the risk of suicide and injury among older adults. This study describes older adults' preferences when choosing a firearm locking device.We conducted a secondary analysis of a nationally representative survey of US adult firearm owners (N = 2,152). We compared older adults (≥65y) with relatively younger adults (
Ricardo Villarreal +4 more
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Locked and loaded: correlates of in-home firearm storage beliefs and behaviours
Injury PreventionObjectivesTo understand how crime and victimisation fears and risks operate alongside social status threats and motivations to shape unsafe in-home firearm storage practices and beliefs.MethodsUsing data from firearm owners identified in a nationwide sample surveyed in 2023, this study examined how in-home loaded firearm accessibility, firearm storage ...
Tara D. Warner
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, 2023 BACKGROUND Lock To Live (L2L) is a novel web-based decision aid to help people at risk of suicide reduce access to firearms. Researchers have demonstrated that L2L is feasible to use and acceptable to patients, but little is known about how to implement L2L during virtual and in-person contact with ...
Julie E. Richards +9 more
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Three Cases of Fatal Firearm Use Following External Hinge Removal from Locked Gun Cabinets
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1997 Abstract In order to potentially decrease the number of homicides and suicides that result from firearms, one must decrease the accessibility of guns. We describe three cases that were obtained from the Onondaga County Medical Examiners Office in New York that occurred between January 1990 to March 1993.
Butch Huston, HD Germaniuk, A K Sidler
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Firearm Owners' Preferences for Locking Devices: Results of a National Survey
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2023 Marian E. Betz +8 more
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