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Older Adults’ Preferences Regarding Firearm Locking Device Use: Results of a National Survey

open access: closedClinical 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

open access: closedInjury Prevention
ObjectivesTo 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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Reducing firearm access for suicide prevention: Implementation evaluation of the web-based "Lock to Live" decision aid in routine healthcare encounters (Preprint)

open access: closed, 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

open access: closedJournal 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
openalex   +4 more sources

Firearm Owners' Preferences for Locking Devices: Results of a National Survey

open access: closedAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2023
Marian E. Betz   +8 more
openalex   +3 more sources

Improved Lock for Firearms

open access: closedScientific American, 1886

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Storage Practices, Devices, and Presence of Children Among Owners of Firearms: Informing Pediatric Firearm Safety

The American surgeon, 2023
Background Firearm injury is the leading cause of death in children and prevention is the most effective method to reduce severe morbidity and mortality.
M. Gaffley   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lethal means safety counseling among firearm-owning U.S. National Guard personnel: Hyperarousal symptoms as a moderator of treatment outcomes.

Psychological services, 2023
The U.S. Department of Defense and other stakeholders recommend lethal means safety counseling (LMSC) to reduce suicide risk among military service members.
Ian H. Stanley   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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