Traders, guns, and money: The effects of mass shootings on stock prices of firearm manufacturers in the U.S. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 We investigate how mass shootings influence the stock price of firearms manufacturers. While it is well known that mass shootings lead to increased firearms sales, the response from financial markets is unclear. On one hand, given the observed short-term
Anandasivam Gopal, Brad N Greenwood
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The Stock and Flow of U.S. Firearms: Results from the 2015 National Firearms Survey
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 2017 Since the mid-1990s, the U.S. civilian gun stock has grown from approximately 192 million (65 million handguns) to approximately 265 million (113 million handguns). In 2015, gun owners owned more weapons and were more likely to own both handguns and long
Deborah Azrael +3 more
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Association Between Firearm Purchasing in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Stress, August 2021 [PDF]
AJPM FocusIntroduction: Firearm sales and firearm-related injuries and deaths increased during the pandemic. Little is known about motivations for firearm purchasing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the mental health status of first-time purchasers.
Amira A. Roess, PhD +3 more
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Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2019 Ancient firearms from both Medieval and Post-Medieval times were fairly often damaged in various ways. Depending on the degree of barrel damage, remains could be reused as material for making new weapons or, if the damage was minor, the weapon could be ...
Piotr Strzyż
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“Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy”: An Economic Analysis of the Attack on Gun Control [PDF]
, 1996 A relatively new way for utilizing the thermal performance of heat pipes is to use nanofluids as working fluids in the heat pipes. Heat pipes are effective heat transfer devices in which the nanofluid operates in the two phases, evaporation and ...
Cook, Philip J., Leitzel, James A.
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From the Instrument of Delivery to the Actual Agent of Harm: Fighting the Criminal Purchase of Ammunition [PDF]
, 2012 The illegal trade in ammunition in the Netherlands seems to be a small-scale problem. However, as a result of high profits and a small chance of being caught, it is an extremely attractive criminal activity for malicious individuals.
Vries, M.S. de
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Rehabilitation and social behavior: Experiments in prison [PDF]
, 2020 Despite the economic and social significance of crime reduction and criminals’ rehabilitation, research evaluating the effects of incarceration on behavior is surprisingly scarce.
Balafoutas, Loukas +4 more
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Would banning firearms reduce murder and suicide? A review of international evidence [PDF]
, 2006 The world abounds in instruments with which people can kill each other. Is the widespread availability of one of these instruments, firearms, a crucial determinant of the incidence of murder?
Don B. Kates, Gary Mauser
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Where the guns come from: The gun industry and gun commerce. [PDF]
, 2002 Under federal law, it is illegal for youth under age 18 to purchase rifles or shotguns, and for those under age 21 to purchase handguns. However, fatality and injury statistics clearly show that guns are finding their way into young people's hands.
Garen J. Wintemute
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, 1969 Social entrepreneurship and other new forms such as ecological or sustainable entrepreneurship have emerged as promising new solutions to solve societal problems. Therefore these types of sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship also increasingly attract
Mack, Juliane, Pützschel, Julia
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