In 2002, the Baltimore City Health Department, in collaboration with the Baltimore Police Department and the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, launched the Youth Ammunition Initiative. The initiative addressed Baltimore’s problem of youth gun violence...
Objectives To characterize firearm ownership and storage practices in Washington State and assess their relationship with suicide risk factors. Methods Using Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for 2013 to 2016, we conducted...
We determined if the installation of gun cabinets improved household firearm storage practices. We used a wait list, randomized trial design with 2 groups. The “early” group received the intervention at baseline, and the “late” group received...
Objectives To investigate the impact of the Australian National Firearms Agreement (NFA) on suicide and assault mortality. Methods We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional difference-in-difference study of the impact of the NFA on national mortality rates...
Objectives To examine whether lethal means counseling and provision of cable locks prompt safe firearm storage relative to control among firearm-owning members of the Mississippi National Guard. Methods This randomized controlled trial utilized a 2 × 2...
