Threat perceptions, defensive behaviors, and the perceived suicide prevention value of specific firearm storage practices. [PDF]
Suicide Life Threat BehavAbstract Introduction Secure firearm storage has been proposed as a suicide prevention method within the military; however, secure storage practices are uncommon. Service members may perceive limited value in secure storage as a suicide prevention tool and threat‐related factors may influence such perceptions.
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Whether and how to store firearms in the home: Qualitative insights from care partner experiences in the Safety in Dementia Trial. [PDF]
J Am Geriatr SocAbstract Background Most people with dementia (PWD) in the United States live in community settings supported by family and/or unpaid care partners. Firearms access is one of many decisions care partners navigate alongside PWD in efforts to prevent injuries and deaths.
Knoepke CE +9 more
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Detection and Localization of Firearm Carriers in Complex Scenes for Improved Safety Measures [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Detecting firearms and accurately localizing individuals carrying them in images or videos is of paramount importance in security, surveillance, and content customization. However, this task presents significant challenges in complex environments due to clutter and the diverse shapes of firearms.
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Automatic Matching of Bullet Land Impressions [PDF]
, 2017 In 2009, the National Academy of Sciences published a report questioning the scientific validity of many forensic methods including firearm examination.
Carriquiry, Alicia +3 more
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Firearms Law and Fatal Police Shootings: A Panel Data Analysis [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Among industrialized countries, U.S. holds two somehow inglorious records: the highest rate of fatal police shootings and the highest rate of deaths related to firearms. The latter has been associated with strong diffusion of firearms ownership largely due to loose legislation in several member states.
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Do Firearm Markets Comply with Firearm Restrictions? How the Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban Enforcement Notice Changed Firearm Sales [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 How well do firearm markets comply with firearm restrictions? The Massachusetts Attorney General issued an Enforcement Notice in 2016 to announce a new interpretation of the key phrase "copies and duplicates" in the state's assault weapons ban. The Enforcement Notice increased assault rifle sales by 1,349 (+560%) within five days, followed by a ...
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A Re-analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility in the Ames-USDOE-FBI Study [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Forensic firearms identification, the determination by a trained firearms examiner as to whether or not bullets or cartridges came from a common weapon, has long been a mainstay in the criminal courts. Reliability of forensic firearms identification has been challenged in the general scientific community, and, in response, several studies have been ...
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Behavioral sciences & the law, 2019 A recommended component of suicide prevention is encouraging at-risk individuals to voluntarily and temporarily reduce access to firearms and other lethal methods.
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Secure Zones: An Attribute-Based Encryption advisory system for safe firearms [PDF]
, 2015 This work presents an application of the highly expressive Attribute-Based Encryption to implement Secure Zones for firearms. Within these zones, radio-transmitted local policies based on attributes of the user and the firearm are received by embedded hardware in the firearms, which then advises the user about safe operations.
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Loaded Questions: Internet Commenters’ Opinions on Physician-Patient Firearm Safety Conversations
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017 Introduction Medical and public health societies advocate that healthcare providers (HCPs) counsel at-risk patients to reduce firearm injury risk. Anonymous online media comments often contain extreme viewpoints and may therefore help in understanding ...
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