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Identifying high‐risk firearms dealers: A machine learning study of rapidly diverted firearm sales in California

open access: yesCriminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research SummaryUsing firearm transaction and crime gun recovery records from California (2010–2021), we employ machine learning to identify dealers who sold largest number and highest fraction of guns recovered in crimes within 1 year of sale.
Hannah S. Laqueur, Colette Smirniotis
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Emergency department (ED) visits may serve as opportunities for firearm injury prevention and intervention efforts. Our objective was to determine ED utilization by youth before and after firearm injury. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort study of ED encounters by youth (0–18 years old) with firearm injury from eight states
Samaa Kemal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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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2nd Rhode Island Musket [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper examines a musket with unique markings (2 RI) and reports on the weapon\u27s ...
Desmarais, Norman
core   +1 more source

Modeling the U.S. firearms market: the effects of civilian stocks, crime, legislation, and armed conflicte

open access: yes, 2020
This study represents an attempt to understand the U.S. firearms market – the largest in the world – in economic terms. A model of the underlying interplay of legal firearms supply and demand is a prerequisite for reliably evaluating the effectiveness of pertinent existing state and federal firearms policies, and to amend them as necessary.
McDougall, Topher L.   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Scenes From a Sociolegal Career: An Informal Memoir

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This memoir describes the 40‐year unfolding, project by project, of my sociolegal field research on legal and regulatory processes. It provides brief accounts of my interactions and interviews with regulatory officials and with businesspeople responsible for regulatory compliance.
Robert A. Kagan
wiley   +1 more source

Fighting Back: Crime, Self-Defense, and the Right to Carry a Handgun [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Ten years ago this month, a controversial "concealed- carry" law went into effect in the state of Florida. In a sharp break from the conventional wisdom of the time, that law allowed adult citizens to carry concealed firearms in public.
Jeffrey Snyder
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Sources of Guns to Dangerous People: What We Learn By Asking Them [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Gun violence exacts a lethal toll on public health. This paper focuses on reducing access to firearms by dangerous offenders, contributing original empirical data on the gun transactions that arm offenders in Chicago.
Harold A. Pollack   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Accuracy, Repeatability, and Reproducibility of Firearm Comparisons Part 1: Accuracy [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Researchers at the Ames Laboratory-USDOE and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted a study to assess the performance of forensic examiners in firearm investigations. The study involved three different types of firearms and 173 volunteers who compared both bullets and cartridge cases.
arxiv  

The Lost Large Mammals of Arabia

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim If successful, plans to restore the vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (AP) as announced by the Middle East and Saudi Green Initiatives will see the greatest increase in vegetation cover since the beginning of the Holocene Humid Phase (HHP), roughly 9–10,000 years ago.
Christopher Clarke, Sultan M. Alsharif
wiley   +1 more source

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